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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Prosecutors see islamic extremist motive in munich car ramming attack - The Untold Story

Germany Car Crowd - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The suspect in the car-ramming attack in Munich that left more than 30 people injured appears to have had an Islamic extremist motive, but there's no evidence that he was involved with any radical network, authorities said Friday.

The 24-year-old Afghan, who arrived in Germany as an asylum-seeker in 2016 and lived in Munich, was arrested after driving his Mini Cooper into the back of a labor union demonstration in the Bavarian city on Thursday. Police officers pulled him out of the car after firing a shot at the vehicle, which didn't hit him, and arrested him.

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