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Germany Charges Afghan Suspect With Murder in Munich Car-Ramming

Prosecutors cite an extremist religious motive.

FILE - Flowers and candles are laid in Munich, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, near the spot where a car drove into a group of protesters three days before. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
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Overview

  • The indictment lists two counts of murder and 44 counts of attempted murder, according to federal prosecutors.
  • Prosecutors say the driver deliberately steered into a Verdi labor-union event in downtown Munich on Feb. 13.
  • The attack killed a two-year-old girl and her 37-year-old mother and left 44 others with life-threatening or serious injuries.
  • The suspect, identified as Farhad N. under German privacy rules, came to Germany as an asylum seeker and was 24 at the time.
  • The Higher Regional Court in Munich must decide whether to admit the case before a trial can proceed.