this is due to the news line from berlin and deadly van attack in a german state see a driver of plans into crimes in winter killing three people and injuring many warrant before taking his own life police say it's too early to know his most if but media reports say he was german and suffering from psychological issues. the only. i'm on i was on a welcome to the program three people have been killed and around thirty others

injured after a van plowed into a crowd of people at side a busy restaurant in minster north western germany and the driver of the van shot himself shortly after the incident police have so far room islamist terrorism as a motive while local media have suggested that the perpetrator could have been suffering from psychological issues. a picture that captures the moment carnage at the historic costs of minster it was the basic gist of times diners enjoying the first days of spring turned into foster spawn there's an eyewitness described a kid also as a fan charged into the crowds. i heard a loud bang screaming and then the police arrived and everyone was sent outside i didn't see much just lots of people running away screaming. i'm sorry for those who were caught up in the city. it's

a shock to all of us employees for visitors i know that i'm angry it's cowardly to do something like this. the driver a forty eight year old german citizen turned the gun on himself after killing several people and hearting dozens more reports in the german media suggest he was suffering from mental illness the mayor sounded a defiant note and said the city was grieving for talks and he told all of munster is mourning this horrible incident. our sympathy is with the relatives of those who were killed. we wish the injured a quick recovery. this alleged attack which struck us out of the blue is an attack on our city and we must now stand together more than ever to defeat the scourge of violence it. is a gospel that devotes commands i'm. so busy. they are coming together

but never sniffs lingers after a deadly day that has painfully reminded this country of the many threats it faces . and i mentor is no cases in the germans days of nor dry invest fallen that's the state's interior minister now giving he has given this statement out a press conference earlier today. two people were killed and the perpetrator killed himself he was a german national and not a refugee there's no sign of an islamist background yes joining us now from. correspondent daniel cope who's following this story on the ground for us daniel what more do we know about the suspect. yeah hi there let me tell you what is going on here at the moment still at this point it's eleven pm right now here in germany big parts off the city are actually

still a lockdown we are hearing that the police here are still. doing searchers are still investigating if there could be any kind of explosive in this vehicle that is still parked right next to the restaurant one of the most famous restaurants here actually in this city we're also getting word that apparently closer the central station here in mr there's a raid going on at the moment at the apartment complex where the suspect apparently forty eight years old was living we're also getting word at this hour about all of this has not yet been confirmed by the police that apparently by the end of last month the man was sending a message to all of his friends and now i'm seeing that here is thinking about committing suicide we don't know if any by that time actions we're taking

in general it is kind of surreal atmosphere in the city there are again people in the city and the parts were of course that is not locked down but in general it's it's very quiet and i guess many people here are at this moment thinking about the two people that were actually killed and there's a lot of information that has yet to be verified that right now is not correct danielle so the information that you are hearing reports of right now hasn't yet been confirmed what else do we know about the victims. well actually there has not been any kind of relay information released who those true victims actually are we are though getting a statement from the restaurant where all of this was taking place it's called also couldn't care as i said one of the famous restaurants here in the city very known

for a traditional german food on their facebook page there were actually also just a few minutes ago sharing that they are also shocked that they never thought that something like that would ever happen but also their conference that none of their employees was among the victims. what kind of mood is there this evening i mean people are clearly in shock and completely just reeling from this attack basically that happened there today what are people telling you. i well there's lots of uncertainty here of course at the moment as i say the big parts of the city are stiction are are still on lockdown then close to the central station there's still this rate going on there also has been this rumor throughout the day that

maybe other people were also by that time in the car so right now there are still lots of investigation going on by the german police let me share with you that at this moment hundreds but really hundreds off police officers from different parts here off of the state are right now here in. trying to investigate trying to learn more what happened so on the one hand lots of uncertain you're always riding their bicycles so yeah you can see you can again see people on the streets but yeah lots of uncertainty lots of people of course also very set tonight to cope are due to be correspondents bringing us up to date on the deadly van attack in the german says he plans to former president bush to mont says he plans to live in berlin while the courts consider an extradition request against him

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still there said that he will turn himself into police after he missed friday's deadline for an earlier arrest warrants he was convicted of corruption and money laundering in july last year and faces a twelve year jail sentence. those are the hungry are preparing to go to the polls and sunday's general election prime minister viktor orban who's opposed to allowing more migrants into his country is expected to win another term but analysts say hungary's complex electoral system makes the outcome difficult to predict. a monitoring group say syria's military is gaining territory around the last opposition whole days in eastern near the capital damascus a fourth say government air strikes have killed dozens of civilians since the truce collapsed on friday. and here's a reminder of that developing story that we're following for you german authorities say that three people are dead after a van and mr including the vehicles driver who took his own life police say it's

too early to know his local media are reporting he was a german with psychological issues standing by for us is g.w. correspondent daniel cope following that story on the ground in the german city of months what more can you tell us from the scene right there at the moment what's the latest. well the scene here i guess you can see here still in the background there's a massive police presence here in the city we're hearing and also learning from the interior minister here of the state that hundreds of police forces were ordered to come here to the city of big parts of the city at the moment still locked down as police at the moment are still taking a closer look at the vehicle making sure of course that there is no kind of explosive in the car also we are hearing that there's

a raid happening at the moment close to the central station here of moons that were apparently the suspect was living we are also getting word but you know we really have to remember this is still really a developing situation at the moment lots of rumors lots of speculation many things have not yet been confirmed but we are learning that apparently the suspect forty eight years old was also close to extreme right to the extreme right wing and that he was apparently thinking about committing suicide in the past all of that of course still has not been yet confirmed we are also hearing that tomorrow at around seven thirty pm at night that there's going to be a big memorial church a church service here taking place in the city the scene here at the moment as i said big parts still on lockdown but people since we are hearing and also

getting word that most likely this was not related to islamic terror that people are at least a little bit relieved about that. ok so far she seemed to have ruled as an islamist most of the moment and one of the news and the city right now how are people reacting. well we have to remember i mean we've had such a long winter in germany today was really the first kind of real spring day so people work side of the city by the time when that happened at around three thirty pm this afternoon the city was packed with people how nerves of people sitting outside and cafe's enjoying this real first day you know with lots of sun and a decent temperatures so of course. people are shocked i mean you can be really sure about that but again also relief that most likely yes we are hearing this is

not related to islamic. that is our duty of you correspondents dial coppa in the german city of minster taking us up to date with the latest information about the deadly attack there. and said for me for now you are watching daily news coming to you live from by then on there will be more news at the top of the hour but coming up after the break a decisive day in the board as we get joint moms herrmann and catch up on all the day's action including of course by immunex six consecutive leak away and case sized grabbed all three points and work on saturday and move one step closer to winning that elusive travel sticker rands i've seen had the rest of the bonus they get caught on after the break and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our web site that's on d.w. dot com thanks for joining us and stay with us.

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