Description: Armed Man With A Knife Rams Car Into Pedestrians In Heidelberg; Attacker Shot By Police In what may be the second vehicle-based terrorist attack in Germany in as many months moments ago the AP and local press reported that according to German police a man rammed his car into a pedestrian area in a central square in the city of Heidelberg injuring three people then fled armed with a knife and was subsequently shot after being tracked down by officers. Police spokesperson Anne Baas said one of the three people hit outside a bakery on Saturday afternoon was seriously injured. Medien: Noch gibt es weder Alter oder Herkunft des #Heidelberg -Täters aber schon vollständige Psychoanalysen. https://t.co/m1zwfp2PM9 Hannes Kirmse ? (@HannesKirmse) February 25 2017 The suspect fled and was then found by a police patrol and was shot by an officer following a short standoff. He was taken to a hospital. #Heidelberg #Bismarckplatz Mann fährt in Personengruppe 3 Personen verletzt Tatverdächtiger von Polizei gestellt und angeschossen. http://pic.twitter.com/AL9cIuZsdy Polizei Mannheim (@PolizeiMannheim) February 25 2017 18:30: #Heidelberg #Bismarckplatz : Die Kollegen ermitteln. http://pic.twitter.com/pMMnEil7V5 Polizei Mannheim (@PolizeiMannheim) February 25 2017 There was no immediate word on the mans possible motives althought according to local media reports the attacker was "mentally unstable." The following video shows the suspect being shot by the police moments after the attack. @APatzwahl Video zum #AmoklaufHeidelberg http://pic.twitter.com/zi4t4CfuRe Andreas Patzwahl (@APatzwahl) February 25 2017 If this is confirmed as a terrorist attack it would be the second to take place precisely two months after a truck driver rammed into a Munich Christmas market killing and injuring dozens of people.
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