Mannheim Terror Attack Shuts Down Carnival Celebration

[Junge Freiheit]  Mannheim.  In Mannheim, a driver raced into a crowd.  On Monday morning, a black car drove from Paradeplatz towards the water tower to a crowd, injuring around 15 people and killing at least two, including a woman.  Previously, several media had reported up to 25 injuries.  According to the police, the alleged perpetrator has already been arrested.

Eine Überwachungskamera zeigt den Täter, wie er mit hoher Geschwindigkeit durch die Fußgängerzone rast. #Mannheim pic.twitter.com/RYXviXMWpq

— JUNGE FREIHEIT (@Junge_Freiheit) March 3, 2025

 According to time online, he is a 40-year-old “German” [emphasis ours] citizen from Rhineland-Palatinate without a migration background.

As Die Welt reports, he is said to have noticed in the past because of showing unconstitutional, right -wing radical symbols and also is also mentally unstable.  He was treated in the hospital after his killing spree.  The police assume that it is a single offender.  But: According to current information, he is only the owner of the crime vehicle.  It is still unclear whether he was also at the wheel.

In August last year, the perpetrator who owened the car, was put in the hospital, according to Die Welt.  He is said to have threatened to fill out a petrol can and to light himself.

According to reports from the world, the alleged perpetrator shot himself into his mouth when he was arrested after the amoking with a shot gun and injured it life -threatening.

 A police spokesman said that there is currently no more precise information about the matter.  In connection with the investigation, traffic impairments could occur temporarily, the statement says.  The police therefore advised the citizens to avoid the entire city center in a large area.

 Mannheim hospital calls out disaster alarm

In June last year, Mannheim was a victim of Islamist terror.  There, the Afghan Sulaiman A. had attacked several participants of an Islam-critical event with a knife and killed the police officer Rouven Laur.  The crime had caused horror nationwide.

In the meantime, the intensive care unit of the Mannheim University Hospital has declared a disaster alarm.  With around 320,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second largest city of Baden-Württemberg.  It is located in the north of the state on the border with Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse.

According to reports from the Rheinpfalz, the local Carnival events have now canceled traditional brewery festivals on Rosenmontag in Oggersheim, and further events are to be examined.  All planned carnival events in public space were also canceled in Mannheim itself.

Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser cancelled her participation in the Rosenmontagszug in Cologne prematurely because of the events in Mannheim.  The minister is continuously informed, a spokesman said.  "The rescue of human life, care for injuries and the first investigations by the authorities in Mannheim" are now more important.

As a police spokesman said, it cannot be ruled out that despite the driver's arrest, there is still a risk to the population.  The authorities have advised  avoiding the urban area.  The city center will remain closed until the evening, it is said.

The authorities do not assume other suspects, as reported by the news agency dpa.

Die Tat in Mannheim erschüttert uns. Meine Gedanken sind bei den Opfern und ihren Angehörigen. Der Vorfall – wie auch die schrecklichen Taten der vergangenen Monate – mahnt uns eindringlich: Wir müssen alles tun, um solche Taten zu verhindern. Ich danke allen Einsatzkräften, die…

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 As the Rheinpfalz reports, the president of the police union in Mannheim, Thomas Mohr has commented on the matter.  He thanked all the emergency services and expressed his sympathy for the victims and their relatives.  The way in which the car was driven at high speed directed at people, Mohr said,  constitites vehicular homicide..

In the meantime, the carnival trains planned for Tuesday in Heidelberg, Brühl and Schwetzingen have also been canceled, as the Mannheim Morning News reported.

The carnival trains in Brühl, Heidelberg and Schwetzingen, all of which had taken place on Tuesday, were canceled.

As the dpa news agency reports, Baden-Württemberg's Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann is on the way to Mannheim to get a picture of the situation on site.

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