Germany federal prosecutors said on Friday there were suspicions that a car ramming attack in Munich was religiously motivated and intended to undermine Germany’s democratic order, and took over an investigation into the incident.
Germany's rival political leaders take their fight for votes right to the last minute before a pivotal election.
A driver drove a car into a labor union demonstration in central Munich on Thursday, injuring 30 people including children, authorities said. Officials said it was believed to be an attack.
The Aschaffenburg attack followed knife attacks in Mannheim and in Solingen last year in which the suspects were immigrants from Afghanistan and Syria, respectively — in the latter case, also a rejected asylum-seeker who was supposed to have left the country.
At least 30 people were hurt when a car driven by an Afghan asylum seeker ploughed into a crowd in Munich, putting security back in focus before next week's federal election.