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Police shot and seriously wounded a suspect who tried to flee after driving a car in a pedestrian area in the German city of Heidelberg Saturday, leaving one dead and two injured.
The incident occurred shortly before 4 p m local time Saturday, October 1 m and, when police said the suspect drove a rental car into the crowded area instead Bismarkplatz in the city.
The man, who police said was armed with a knife, got out of the car and tried to escape, before he was confronted by officers near the scene during the arrest the man the officers used their firearms, seriously wounding the suspect.
Police said the arrested man was an elderly citizen of 35 years German, and he was receiving treatment at the local hospital.
This image, tweeted on February 25 by the Mannheim police car shows a control officers that hit a crowd of people in the city, killing one person Mark Hanrahan Polizei Mannheim.
One of those injured in the incident, one died of his wounds in a German regional hospital man aged 73 whose identity has not been made public, the two injured were described as a woman 32 of Austria, and 29 years of BiH.
The two female victims were described by police as having been slightly wounded.
The incident raised fears of a similar incident in December 2016 terrorist attack on a Christmas market in Berlin, where an attacker driving a stolen truck killed 12 people and left nearly 50 injured.
However, a police spokesman told NBC News that there was no evidence linking the incident to terrorism, and that the motivation of the suspect was unclear.
Police also appeared to push the social media rumors that the suspect was a migrant or refugee.
In a tweet from their official account Saturday, said the Mannheim police that the suspect is a German without migration background.
Previous policy of opening the door of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel for Refugees drew national criticism, especially after the terrorist attacks or criminal acts involving asylum seekers have gained wide media attention.
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