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The German Interior Ministry confirmed at least two fatalities including the driver who took his own life.

There are reports six people are in a critical condition.

The vehicle, described as a small truck, appears to have rammed into a crowd of people who were sitting around the Kiepenkerl statue in Munster's old town.

Emergency services vehicles raced to the scene and a police helicopter is hovering above the medieval town the about 300 miles west of the capital Berlin.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokeswoman says "our thoughts are with the victims and their families".