At least one person has been killed and several others have been injured after a car rammed into pedestrians in the southwestern German city of Mannheim, local police said Monday. <\/p>\n
The incident occurred shortly after midday local time (6 a.m. ET), said Stefan Wilhelm, a spokesperson for Mannheim police. A suspect has been arrested, he added. <\/p>\n
Germany\u2019s federal government issued an \u201cextreme danger\u201d warning in the city and said a large-scale police operation is underway. <\/p>\n
Mannheim University Hospital said that three of the injured people it has received are receiving urgent acute care, including a child. Police have not yet said how many people were injured. <\/p>\n
Germany has been rocked by a string of deadly car ramming attacks in recent months. Police have not yet said whether Monday\u2019s incident was a deliberate attack. <\/p>\n
In December, a vehicle plowed into a Christmas market in Magdeburg, killing six people, including a 9-year-old boy. The suspect is a 50-year-old Saudi citizen who had lived in Germany for more than a decade and worked to help Saudis leave his home country. Social media posts showed he was a fervent critic of Islam. <\/p>\n
In February, a person drove a Mini Cooper into demonstrators in Munich, killing a mother and her child and injuring more than 30 others. The suspect is a 24-year-old Afghan man. <\/p>\n
That attack came on the eve of the Munich Security Conference and just days before the country\u2019s federal election, where concerns over immigration and security helped propel the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party to second place. <\/p>\n
Monday\u2019s incident comes as Germany celebrates \u201cRose Monday,\u201d a carnival held before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. <\/p>\n
German police were already on high alert ahead of the carnival celebrations, but the incident in Mannheim has prompted some forces to take additional measures. Police in Ulm, a city southeast of Mannheim, said they have \u201cnoticeably increased\u201d their presence around carnival events. <\/p>\n
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