China News Agency, Berlin, August 19 (Reporter Peng Dawei) Berlin police and prosecutors in Germany stated on the 19th that a man deliberately rammed into other vehicles on the Federal Highway No. 100 in Berlin on the evening of the 18th local time, causing 6 injuries. Three of them were seriously injured. German media reports pointed out that the 30-year-old man is an Iraqi who had applied for asylum but was not approved. Prosecutors in Berlin stated that they did not rule out that this was an attack with Islamic extremist background.
The case announced by the authorities showed that at around 19:00 local time on the 18th, the suspect drove an Opel car on the Federal Highway 100 between Wilmersdorf and Tempelhof in Berlin deliberately hitting multiple traffic Tools, causing 6 injuries, 3 of them were seriously injured. After the suspect stopped, he placed a box suspected of containing dangerous goods on the roof of the Opel car, and then abandoned the car. The police who arrived at the scene immediately arrested him and dispatched bomb disposal experts to remove the suspected dangerous goods.
According to a German TV station, the suspect had chanted the slogan "Allah is the greatest" at the scene of the crime. The station pointed out that the suspect is a 30-year-old Iraqi man who came to Germany in 2016. The suspect had submitted an asylum application, but it was not approved. Before the incident, he lived in a rented house in Berlin as a "tolerant residence".
German media cited information disclosed by investigators and pointed out that the suspect had been involved in many crimes, including personal injuries. It threatened to "kill many people" two years ago. The suspect also received psychiatric treatment.
The Berlin prosecutor said that it has not yet determined whether the suspect is a member of a terrorist organization, nor is it clear whether the suspect has other associates. The investigation into this case is still ongoing. (Finish)