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The German city of Munster was hit by a probable terrorist attack this afternoon at around 4.30pm local time when a man drove a van into a group of shoppers and people on terraces in the inner city, leaving at least 3 dead and first reports say as many as 30 injured.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">First pics of Munster after van drives into crowd<a href="https://t.co/vrjerR0Zue">pic.twitter.com/vrjerR0Zue</a></p>— Old Holborn✘ (@Holbornlolz) <a href="https://twitter.com/Holbornlolz/status/982631847942348800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 7, 2018</a></blockquote>

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According to the biggest German newspaper Bild the perpetrator killed himself after the act, leaving a bloody trail of death and injured behind him. Police are currently controlling the vehicle used for any explosives.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="de" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kiepenkerl?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Kiepenkerl</a> Es gibt Tote und Verletzte. Bitte den Bereich meiden. Mehr Infomationen gibt es hier. Wir sind vor Ort</p>— Polizei NRW MS (@Polizei_nrw_ms) <a href="https://twitter.com/Polizei_nrw_ms/status/982630275271282688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 7, 2018</a></blockquote>

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Mr Erich Rettinghaus, chairman of the German Police union stated in a first reaction: "First of all we are mourning for the victims and injured people.”

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a> NEWS: Reports of 30 people injured and at least 3 dead after car plows into crowd in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Muenster?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Muenster</a>, Germany. <a href="https://t.co/iWKmglKgBC">pic.twitter.com/iWKmglKgBC</a></p>— NewsAlertHQ (@NewsAlertHQ) <a href="https://twitter.com/NewsAlertHQ/status/982635359849861120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 7, 2018</a></blockquote>

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“Our condolences to all the injured people and the family of the dead and injured and we also wish a speedy recovery. We now have to investigate and arrest those responsible to avoid further attacks"

<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING NEWS: Report: Several dead after car crashes into crowd in Muenster, Germany. <a href="https://t.co/id5B25vE28">pic.twitter.com/id5B25vE28</a></p>— Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/982638162982920194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 7, 2018</a></blockquote>

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Germany has suffered from multiple terrorist attacks in recent years.

Source:

https://www.bild.de/news/inland/news/news-eilmeldung-muenster-55320884.bild.html