German Parliament Committee Delays Discussion on Mannheim Attack

The Bundestag's Interior Committee removed the Mannheim car attack from its agenda, prompting criticism from Green Party members over alleged right-wing extremist links.

• The Bundestag's Interior Committee postponed discussions on the March 3 Mannheim car attack, removing it from the agenda of its Friday meeting.
• The Green Party had pushed to include the incident due to concerns about possible right-wing extremist connections of the suspect, a 40-year-old German man from Ludwigshafen.
• The attack involved a driver intentionally plowing into pedestrians in Mannheim's city center, killing two people and injuring 14 others, five seriously.
• Union and SPD members argued there was no urgency to discuss the case now, suggesting more investigative findings might be available in the coming months.
• Critics, including Green Party representative Marcel Emmerich, accused the majority parties of a lack of commitment to addressing potential right-wing extremism in the case.

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