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brooklynite

(94,482 posts) Mon Feb 24, 2020, 01:34 PM Feb 2020

Car 'intentionally' plows into carnival crowd in Germany

Source: CNN

A car plowed into a crowd of people at a carnival parade in the German town of Volkmarsen, police in Kassel said Monday.

A police spokesman said that according to eyewitness accounts, the car "intentionally" rammed into the crowd at around 2.30 p.m. local time (8:30 a.m. ET).

''There are several dozens injured, some severely injured and unfortunately also small children," the spokesman said.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/cnn/2020/02/24/europe/germany-carnival-car-crowd-grm-intl/index.html

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Car 'intentionally' plows into carnival crowd in Germany (Original Post) brooklynite Feb 2020 OP

Nothing like the crunch of bone under hot tires bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 #1

If, and this is a big IF, the driver is not white, the professional Muslim haters will be out in... Archae Feb 2020 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Codeine Feb 2020 #9

From the first German press reports DFW Feb 2020 #3

I really hope it remains only "attempted" as it sounds awful. Lucky Luciano Feb 2020 #5

Karneval here is wall to wall people DFW Feb 2020 #7

I was hoping nobody actually died later in the hospital or something. Lucky Luciano Feb 2020 #8

I had to leave the house at 5:45 this morning and am in Spain all day DFW Feb 2020 #10

bad link! marble falls Feb 2020 #4

Corrected link: ManiacJoe Feb 2020 #6

bucolic_frolic

(43,115 posts)

1. Nothing like the crunch of bone under hot tires

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2020, 01:40 PM

Feb 2020

sadistisches Vergnügen

Archae

(46,312 posts)

2. If, and this is a big IF, the driver is not white, the professional Muslim haters will be out in...

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2020, 01:42 PM

Feb 2020

Out in force.

"See? Dem Towelhead Ay-rabs iz all alike! Dey all iz terra-ists!"

And if the guy is white? "Lone wolf," or "just mentally ill..."

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DFW

(54,330 posts)

3. From the first German press reports

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2020, 03:59 PM

Feb 2020

The driver was VERY under the influence of alcohol, and is a 29 year old German. The guy was no stranger to the local cops, but only for verbal abuse, trespassing and aggressive behavior. He is now being held for attempted murder.

Lucky Luciano

(11,252 posts)

5. I really hope it remains only "attempted" as it sounds awful.

Reply to DFW (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 24, 2020, 06:33 PM

Feb 2020

DFW

(54,330 posts)

7. Karneval here is wall to wall people

Reply to Lucky Luciano (Reply #5)

Tue Feb 25, 2020, 12:40 AM

Feb 2020

Rosenmontag turns most cities in NRW, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz and BW imto massive pedestrian areas. Driving a car at full speed into s crowd like that is going to cause some horrible damage. Considering that children were among the seriously injured, I hope they put the guy away for life. Normally, that is reserved for murder one here, but that was obviously this guy's intention, so I don't see why he should get off with less because some of his victims will "only" be disfigured or disabled for life.