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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-04T15:53:17.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nTwo people have been killed and several more have been injured after a car rammed into crowds in the eastern German city of Leipzig.\n\nA Volkswagen SUV with a person on top of the vehicle was spotted speeding through a pedestrian zone, local broadcasters reported.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe vehicle then zoomed through a busy shopping street in the city centre along Grimmaische Street in the heart of Leipzig.\n\nTwo people have been severely injured following the ramming.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nEyewitnesses claimed there were several bodies reportedly covered with sheets and a stabbing, leaving at least eight people injured.\n\nAmbulances, police cars, fire engines and an emergency helicopter could be seen descending on what was described as a \"dynamic situation\" by local police.\n\n\"We can confirm that several people have been injured,\" officers told German tabloid Bild.\n\nCity police confirmed the driver has been arrested and \"no longer poses a threat\".\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"A car drove through the city centre,\" a police spokeswoman told BILD. \"We can confirm that several people were injured.\"\n\nLeipzig's Lord Mayor Burkhard Jung (SPD) further reiterated the perpetrator was caught.\n\n\"It’s shocking. All I can do right now is express my solidarity with the victims’ families,\" Mr Jung told reporters at the scene.\n\n\n\"Everything else will have to be determined by the work of the police and investigative authorities.\"\n\nAt least ten ambulances responded to the scene. Shops along the busy street have been closed following the horror crash.\n\n### LATEST HEADLINES FROM GB NEWS:\n\n\n\n\n  * Keir Starmer defends plan to join EU loan for Ukraine as 'benefits outweigh the cost'\n  * Two people arrested following arson attack on memorial wall in Golders Green\n  * Investigation launched after 30,000 tonnes of rubbish dumped at protected site - 'Sickening!'\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nAnother eyewitness cited several individuals had to be resuscitated.\n\nSeveral reported that the scene unfolding looked as if a girl was clinging to the roof of the car.\n\nPolice said: \"Currently, a police operation is taking place in the centre of Leipzig. Keep the emergency routes clear and follow the instructions of the emergency services on site.\n\n\"A car struck several people in Grimmaische Straße and fled.\n\n\"The driver has been apprehended, and there is currently no further danger emanating from him. We will continue to provide updates.\"\n\n_**MORE TO FOLLOW...**\n_\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**\n\nGermany car ramming",
  "title": "Two dead and several injured after car rams into crowds in Germany"
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