Four dead including driver after vehicle hits crowd in Germany

At least four people were dead Saturday after a vehicle ploughed into pedestrians in the German city of Muenster, the interior ministry said, quoted by news agency DPA. Reports AFP.

A ministry spokeswoman was quoted as saying that the toll included the driver. Local police had said earlier that he "shot himself" after driving into the crowd and leaving about 30 people injured.

 German authorities were "assuming" the incident was an attack, though there was no immediate official confirmation of a motive.

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