ALERT: At least two dead in a crash on a pedestrian shopping street in the center of Leipzig | International
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A vehicle entered the pedestrian commercial area in the center of Leipzig this afternoon, running over people who were in the street at that time and causing the death of at least two people and injuring another 22 people, two of them in serious condition, as reported by the city authorities. “We still don’t know exactly what the motive was. We don’t know anything about the perpetrator. We only know that someone drove from here (start of the street) to the market square,” Leipzit Mayor Burkhard Jung told the media shortly after the incident. “We are dismayed. At this time I can only show my solidarity with the victims’ families,” Jung added at the scene. “Everything else will now be determined by the work of the police and the investigating authorities.”Aktuell findet im Zentrum #Leipzig ein Polizeieinsatz statt. Halten Sie die Rettungswege frei und folgen Sie den Anweisungen der Einsatzkräfte vor Ort. Ein Pkw erfasste in der Grimmaischen Straße mehrere Personen und flüchtete. Der Fahrzeugführer wurde festgenommen, von ihm geht…— Polizei Sachsen (@PolizeiSachsen) May 4, 2026 The mayor also reported that everyone could now safely return to their homes. “The situation is already under control. There is no more danger,” he commented. “The police have arrested the alleged perpetrator and the firefighters, with their intervention teams, have taken care of the people as best they could.” The mayor insisted that he is “deeply shocked and I can only show my solidarity with the families of the victims and accept with dismay that two people have lost their lives due to an act like this, which until now, and probably never, will be understandable.” According to Leipzig’s fire chief, Axel Schuh, the vehicle turned on Augustusplatz entering Grimmaische Strasse, a street known for its numerous shops, next to the University of Leipzig. “Two people have also been seriously injured, they received immediate first aid assistance and were then treated by emergency services and taken to the emergency room,” Schuh said. Witnesses say they saw a vehicle enter the pedestrian zone at “high speed.” The gray car crossed the entire shopping street in a straight line from the Augustusplatz square – famous for the Gewandhaus concert hall and the opera house – through the market square street until reaching the Church of St. Thomas, where the car crashed into one of the bollards located on the street.
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