Around 30 Hurt as Car Rams Germany Carnival Procession

[TomSea]

Around 30 Hurt as Car Rams Germany Carnival Procession
by Naharnet Newsdesk

Some 30 people including children were injured Monday when a car plowed into a carnival procession in the small German town of Volkmarsen, with police arresting the driver but declining to speculate on a motive.

Prosecutors in Frankfurt said the 29-year-old suspect was a German national who faces charges of attempted homicide over the incident in the western state of Hesse.

The investigation was continuing "in all directions", they said in a statement, after police stopped short of calling the incident an attack.

Read more at: http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/269433-around-30-hurt-as-car-rams-germany-carnival-procession

[GtHawk]

This story is over nine hours old and still no release of the drivers name, but there are plenty of admonitions to the public not to jump to conclusions

[TomSea]

What we are finding out:

Twenty-nine year-old resident Maurice P was arrested on suspicion of attempted homicide in the town of Volkmarsen.

The motive of the attack was still unclear on Tuesday but police denied a report that the man was drunk.

What do we know about the suspect?

Maurice P was himself injured and police said they had yet to question him. They raided his home late on Monday and his landlord told local broadcaster Hessenchau that he was a "very calm, totally inconspicuous and always polite person".

More: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51626844?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world&link_location=live-reporting-story

The article also states, there was an erroneous picture on the internet floating around of a man said to be arrested but it was not the culprit. So, they aren't really telling us a lot.

[GtHawk]

What we are finding out:
The article also states, there was an erroneous picture on the internet floating around of a man said to be arrested but it was not the culprit. So, they aren't really telling us a lot.

I read the the driver was himself injured........................by the angry crowd! Can't say as I blame them since they say he accelerated into the crowd. They are certainly taking their time releasing information about the driver, not even his last name. I can't help but believe that if 'someone' drove their car at high speed into a crowd of innocent celebrating members of the religion of peace we would know everything about the driver by now, including his faith, politics, schooling and shoe size!