BERLIN – Eight people were injured, including three seriously, on Friday after a car drove into a group of pedestrians in the city center of Stuttgart, southwestern Germany, according to local police.

The incident occurred in the Olgaeck area of the Stuttgart-Mitte district. Both the police and the fire department were responding to the event.

Local police confirmed the victim figures in an update, adding that at least one person required resuscitation. Rescue operations were ongoing, the police stated.

According to the authorities, there is currently no indication of an attack or an intentional act. It was believed to be a tragic traffic accident.

The driver of the involved SUV was arrested, who is reported to be a 42-year-old man.

Police had assured the public that there was no further danger related to the incident.

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BERLIN – Several people were injured, some seriously, after a car drove into a crowd in the centre of the southwestern German city of Stuttgart on Friday, according to police and firefighters.

The driver of the car has been detained, added police.

The Bild newspaper cited eyewitnesses as saying a woman with a pram had been hit by the black Mercedes G-Class SUV.

Stuttgart firefighters described the incident as a traffic accident, while police said they would share new information as soon as it was available.

The area remains blocked off by police, who advised pedestrians and drivers to avoid the area if possible.

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BERLIN – Two people were injured in a violent shooting incident in Berlin, Germany, on Thursday evening, according to local police.

The incident occurred in the Kreuzberg district, where suspects fired multiple shots from one or more vehicles, Berlin police said on the social media platform X.

The two victims were transported to hospital. According to the newspaper BILD, their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

Two individuals have been arrested in connection with the incident. The motive behind the attack remains unclear.

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BERLIN – A large police operation was under way in Germany on Sunday to find one or more shooters who killed two men the day before in the center of the country, police said.

The bodies of the two victims, both with gunshot wounds, were found in front of a residential address in Bad Nauheim, a town north of Frankfurt, on Saturday afternoon, Giessen city police said.

“A big force deployment” of police from uniformed, plain clothes and special forces branches have fanned out, backed by a helicopter, to find the perpetrator or perpetrators, it said.

“The current understanding is that there is no danger for inhabitants or other people,” police said.

There was no information yet about the “circumstances, or the motive of the perpetrators,” they said.

Police and prosecutors have opened an investigation.

Bad Nauheim is 25 kilometers (15 miles) north of Frankfurt and has a population of around 33,000. It was famous for being where Elvis Presley did US military service between 1958 and 1960 and where he met his future wife, Priscilla Presley.

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HANOVER, Germany, March 29 – A fire broke out at a nursing home in Hanover, Germany, resulting in injuries to around 50 people, police said on Saturday.

According to German newspaper Bild, three individuals sustained serious injuries in the blaze. The fire was detected by nursing staff in a room of the care facility.

The fire department said that they were able to prevent the flames from spreading to other rooms. However, other areas of the nursing home suffered smoke damage.

Investigations into the incident are underway.

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