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BREAKING: Vehicle Plows Into Crowd In German City, Multiple Fatalities Reported

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Several people were killed Saturday when a car drove into group of people sitting outside a popular restaurant in Muenster, Germany, according to police.

“There are several dead,” a Muenster police spokeswoman said, according to Reuters. It was not immediately clear how many people were killed, but initial reports put the death toll at four, including the driver.

At least 20 people were also injured, six of them critically.

Authorities are treating the incident as a deliberate attack, reported the German news agency DPA. The driver of the vehicle reportedly shot and killed himself after the crash.

Photos from the scene show a van resting amid wrecked tables and chairs outside the Kiepenkerl Pub, a popular bar in the Muenster’s historic downtown area.

A van is reported to have driven into pedestrians in the city of #Muenster, in #Germany.

Local police confirms that there are deaths and injuries but doesn’t give figures. pic.twitter.com/I8aFnRLIc2

— EHA News (@eha_news) April 7, 2018

Police discovered a suspicious object in the van that ran into the crowd, but would not say what kind of object it was or whether it was dangerous. The object was the reason why authorities cordoned off a large area surrounding the scene of the crash, police said.

Witnesses told police that at least two passengers in the van fled after the crash, reported The Associated Press, citing Muenster police spokesman Andreas Bode.

Saturday’s crash occurred on the one-year anniversary of a similar attack in Stockholm, Sweden, where a jihadi terrorist stole a beer truck and drove into pedestrians, killing five people.

An Islamic State-inspired terrorist drove a truck into a Christmas market in central Berlin in December 2016, leaving 12 people dead and 56 others injured.

This is a developing story and will be updated as more information is obtained.

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