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title: "Several injured after car drives into crowd of people in Munich"
description: "BERLIN, Feb 13 (Reuters) - A car drove into a crowd in Munich on Thursday injuring several people, police said, as the southern German city prepares for a top-level security conference due to be attended by U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy."
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# Several injured after car drives into crowd of people in Munich

> BERLIN, Feb 13 (Reuters) - A car drove into a crowd in Munich on Thursday injuring several people, police said, as the southern German city prepares for a top-level security conference due to be attended by U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

By Reuters · Published 13 February 2025, 14:55 SAST · Updated 13 February 2025, 14:55 SAST

## Key points
- As Munich gears up for its high-profile security conference, a chaotic scene unfolds with 15 injured after a driver plows through a protest, leaving onlookers trembling and authorities scrambling to ensure safety ahead of the event.
- 15 people injured in a chaotic incident near Munich's central train station ahead of the Munich Security Conference.
- A large police operation was launched, with the driver detained and deemed no further threat.
- Eyewitness accounts describe a scene of distress among demonstrators linked to a Verdi union strike.
- The incident raises security concerns in Germany, particularly with a federal election approaching.

## Content

The Bild newspaper reported that 15 people were injured.

The Munich Security Conference is to start on Friday and senior officials, including Vance and Zelenskiy, were arriving later on Thursday.

A large-scale police operation was underway near the central train station.

Police said on X they were able to detain the driver and did not consider him to pose any further threat.

"One person is lying on the street and a young man has been taken away by the police. People are sitting on the ground, crying and trembling," a reporter for the local BR broadcaster wrote in a post on X.

The incident appeared to have affected people participating in a demonstration linked to a strike organised by the Verdi union, according to the broadcaster.

The union said it did not have any information on the incident.

The incident occurred around 1.5 kilometres (1 mile) from the security conference venue.

Security has been in sharp focus in Germany ahead of a federal election next week and following a string of violent attacks.

(Reporting by Rachel More and Ludwig Burger, writing by Friederike Heine, editing by Kirsti Knolle, Matthias Williams and Alex Richardson)