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  "textContent": "To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\nTwo people are dead and numerous others are injured after a car ploughed into a busy pedestrian area in Germany.\n\nThe grey SUV smashed into a crowd of people in Leipzig city centre on Monday afternoon.\n\nThe vehicle then sped away before the driver was apprehended, Sachsen Police said.\n\nThe city’s mayor said two people were killed. Officials added that two others were seriously injured, with 20 other casualties.\n\nSachsen Police said the alleged driver was apprehended after the car ‘fled’ (Picture: dts News Agency Germany/Shutterstock)\n\nMajor Mayor Burkhard Jung told reporters at the scene that they did not know anything about the alleged driver or their ‘motivation’.\n\n##  Sign up for all of the latest stories\n\nStart your day informed with Metro's **News Updates** newsletter or get **Breaking News** alerts the moment it happens.\n\nHe added: ‘We are devastated. All I can do right now is express my solidarity with the victims’ families.\n\n‘Everything else will now depend on the work of the police and investigating authorities.’\n\nThe car had turned into the pedestrian zone at Augustusplatz in the east German city, near Grimmaische Straße, which leads to the main shopping district.\n\nA person was seen on top of ​the ⁠vehicle as it sped through ‌the area, local broadcaster Radio Leipzig reported\n\nThe SUV – which local Leipziger Volkszeitung reports was a grey VW Taigo – then reportedly drove approximately 500metres all the way to Leipzig’s market square.\n\nThe car turned into a busy pedestrian area in the heart of Leipzig (Picture: Action Press/Shutterstock)\n\nEmergency services declared a mass casualty incident as it was unfolding, and a large number of police officers were on the scene.\n\nLeipzig is located southwest of Berlin and has more than 630,000 inhabitants, making it one of the biggest cities in eastern Germany.\n\n**Got a story? Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.** **Or you can submit your videos and pictures here.**\n\n**For more stories like this, check our**  news page**.**\n\n**Follow Metro.co.uk on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news updates.** **You can now also get Metro.co.uk articles sent straight to your device. Sign up for our daily push alerts here.**\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Two dead and at least 20 injured after car ploughs into crowd in German city"
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