Bottrop, Germany : a man moves deliberately pedestrian – police suspect xenophobia as a motive

A 50-year-old drivers in the new year's eve night in Bottrop in the Ruhr area, perhaps out of xenophobic motives in a group of people. At least four people were injured. "The investigating authorities are currently looking at a targeted attack", with shared public Prosecutor's office and police on Tuesday. "Already at the time of his arrest, the driver said with xenophobic remarks." The man had the "clear intention to kill foreigners," said the North Rhine-Westphalian Minister of the interior, Herbert Reul (CDU) on Tuesday in Bottrop. The case had to be taken "very seriously", it will be determined with high pressure.

the injured included Syrians and Afghans. Two more Attempts of the man in Bottrop and the neighboring city of Essen, passers-by to approach have failed. Here, the people were terror. The investigators have information "first, information about a mental illness of the driver". The powers of his nationality.

The food-born man had only minutes after the turn of the year with his attack started. On an access road to the Bottrop city center, the 50-Year-old have to keep up with his car first, on a individual passers-by, and reported to the authorities. However, the pedestrian was able to save himself.

Then it came to the serious incident at the Central Berlin square. The motorist was in a group of people drove just celebrated the new year with firecrackers and rockets. At least four people were injured, some seriously. The injured included Syrians and Afghans, the investigators are informed.

The man fled, according to the then in his home city of Essen. There, he tried once again to drive carefully in a at a bus stop waiting group of people. The police arrested the man a little later. Already he had raised himself to xenophobia, the authorities declared.

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said the backgrounds and the exact process of fact, many questions are still open: So to be clear, why the assassination attempt in Essen was a failure, a police spokeswoman. "Maybe people are running away, maybe that didn't work out for other reasons. To clarify All of this, it is now our task.“ It now witnesses needed to be interviewed.

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First, the "image"newspaper had written about the incident. (dpa, AFP)