INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Some 28 people were injured when a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker drove a car into a crowd of people in Munich in what the state premier
said was probably an attack on Thursday, as the German city prepared to host a top-level security conference.Police in the southern city
said a car approached police vehicles stopped by a demonstration held by the Verdi union before speeding up and hitting people.The suspected
attack throws security back into the spotlight before a federal election next week following several other violent attacks.It also came
hours before leading international figures, including United States Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy,
were in the city for the high-profile Munich Security Conference, which starts on Friday.It was probably an attack,& Bavaria state premier
Markus Soeder told reporters.Police said they had detained the driver and did not consider him to pose any further threat.A passer-by said
he witnessed the incident from a window of a neighbouring office building
The car, a Mini Cooper, had threaded its way between the police vehicles and then accelerated, he said.Another witness said she had seen
part of the incident from a building
The car had accelerated and hit several people in the crowd, she said.People in the crowd were taking part in a strike held by the Verdi
public sector workers& union whose leader, Frank Werneke, expressed shock but said he had no further details.Police set up a gathering point
for witnesses in the Loewenbraeukeller, one of Munich&s oldest beer halls.The incident occurred around 1.5 kilometres (1 mile) from the
security conference venue.(Reuters)The post Afghan asylum-seeker drives into Munich crowd, hurts 28 in suspected attack first appeared on
