At least two killed after car drives into people on street in Leipzig

At least two people have been killed after a car ploughed into people on a street in the eastern German city of Leipzig on Monday, city police said.

“A car hit several people on Grimmaische street and fled the scene,” police said in a post on X. “The driver has been arrested and no longer poses any danger.”

Leipzig’s Mayor Burkhard Jung confirmed the preliminary death toll, adding that nothing was known about the motive of the vehicle driver.

A city spokesperson said that another two people were seriously injured, German news agency dpa reported.

The incident happened in the Grimmaische Strasse, a street that leads into central Leipzig’s shopping area.

Leipzig is located southwest of Berlin and has more than 630,000 inhabitants, making it one of the biggest cities in eastern Germany.

This is a developing story and our journalists are working on further updates.

Additional sources • AP, AFP