Several injured by German drama: a Driver ran people down with will

Four people were injured in the German city of Bottrop on new year's eve, when a man deliberately drove his car into a group of pedestrians.

this was stated by The German police, who believe that there was talk about a targeted attack, 'which may be due to the driver's xenophobic attitudes', writes the police and the prosecution in a joint statement.

There were several syrians and afghans in the group, there was påkørt in Bottrop shortly after midnight on new year's eve.

A few of them have been seriously hurt.

the Driver of the car is arrested and will be charged with attempted murder, police said Tuesday.

The 50-year-old driver had initially tried to run a single pedestrian down a few minutes past midnight, but this pedestrian managed to jump to safety.

Then drove the motorist to the city centre in Bottrop, he plowed into a group of people and injured four.

After the impact continued the motorist to the larger town of Essen, where he himself is domiciled. Here he tried to hit a group of people, who waited at a bus stop.

the Police arrested him in Essen. The man has admitted that he is hostile to strangers, inform the German authorities.

Bottrop, which has about 120.000 inhabitants, is located just north of Essen and not far from the Dutch border.

It is not the first time that Germany is experiencing deliberate rear-end. In april drove a German man a van into a group of people in the city of Münster. Here was four killed and several others injured.

In december 2016 plowed a tunisian man into a christmas market in Berlin, where 12 were killed.