No immediate indication of the driver’s motives is given, as four helicopters and about 60 ambulances converge on the scene in the city of Graz

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A man drove his vehicle into a crowd in Graz, Austria’s second largest city, on Saturday, killing three people and injuring 34 others.

Police said they had arrested the driver and sealed off the area of the city centre where the incident took place.

The provincial governor, Hermann Schützenhöfer, gave the casualty figures and said the driver was thought to be a 26-year old Austrian.

There was no immediate indication of his motives.

About 60 ambulances converged on the scene and the Austrian motoring association sent four helicopters to ferry the victims to hospital.

The state broadcaster ORF cited unnamed witnesses as saying the man apparently drove into the crowd at random, sending several people crashing into the windscreen and flying over the vehicle.

The APA news agency said at least two bodies were covered in blankets near the scene of the incident.