Munich car ramming a suspected attack, say officials, and driver was Afghan asylum seeker

[Chippy_Tea]

Summary​

• Police say the driver of a car that crashed into people in the German city of Munich is a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker
• At least 28 people have been injured, at least two seriously
• Officers are treating the incident as a suspected attack, and officials say the suspect was known to police for theft and drug offences
• Police say the car accelerated before hitting a trade union rally - an officer fired one shot at the suspect before he was arrested
• As a national election approaches, it's a familiar dread for Germany, writes our correspondent Jessica Parker
• The crash happened hours before the US vice president and Ukrainian president were due to arrive in the city for the Munich Security Conference - but police say they don't believe it's related

 

[Rodcx500z]

May be it's time for those in charge to enlighten us as to why this is becoming more frequent

 

[Laner]

May be it's time for those in charge to enlighten us as to why this is becoming more frequent

Sleepers awakening?

 

[jof]

These sort of incidents makes it really difficult to determine who the real asylum seekers are.

It's no wonder it is such an emotive issue.

 

[Rodcx500z]

I couldn't agree more

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Yet another person known to the police this time for theft and drug offences why was he still in Germany?

 

[Rodcx500z]

i was going to comment but thought better of it because i know what will happen it will just desend into a slanging match

 

[Chippy_Tea]

it will just desend into a slanging match

It doesn't have to turn into a slamming match if we stick to the facts as known we can have a discussion.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Yet another person known to the police this time for theft and drug offences why was he still in Germany?

I have the answer to my question but i didn't know he applied in 2016 and was turned down, why was his deportation suspended?

• The suspect was known to police for theft and drug offences. Reports say the 24-year-old came to Germany in 2016 - his asylum was application rejected, but his deportation was suspended

 

[Rodcx500z]

Could be like here all the departments who keep track have been defunded to a level were they can no longer function

 

[Druss]

why was his deportation suspended?

Apparently it's due to a 'toleration permit', some sort of legal loophole in German law that means a failed asylum seeker can effectively dodge deportation.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...ck-suspect-farhad-asylum-seeker-b2697789.html

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Apparently it's due to a 'toleration permit', some sort of legal loophole in German law that means a failed asylum seeker can effectively dodge deportation.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...ck-suspect-farhad-asylum-seeker-b2697789.html

We live in a crazy world.


Who is the suspect?

Farhad N, born in Kabul in 2001, first arrived in Germany from Afghanistan at the end of 2016, according to Der Spiegel.

He is reported to have had his asylum application rejected by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees.

Bavaria's Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann confirmed that he had arrived in the country as an asylum seeker adding that his application had “probably” been rejected, Die Zeit reported. But Mr Herrman added that the suspect “cannot be deported at the moment and that he was therefore allowed to continue to stay in our country”.

He had been granted a toleration permit which means that deportation is suspended, Der Spiegel said.



He was already known to police

"So far we know that he has been caught with drugs and shoplifting, but according to the current state of the investigation, no violence has been detected,” a police spokesperson said.

Investigators are continuing to look into his background as they try and establish any potential motive.

German chancellor Olaf Scholz has called on the perpetrator of the attack to leave the country.

"This perpetrator cannot hope for any leniency. He must be punished and he must leave the country," Mr Scholz said.

"If it was an attack, we must take consistent action against possible perpetrators with all means of justice," he added.

 

[Rodcx500z]

You can't make this s--t up, we have a minister who thinks it's ok to identify as a Llama and another who say we should welcome migrants like we welcomed Paddington Bear for f--ks sake Paddington Bear is not real, i really fear for our country, and the new man who is in charge of borders John Tuck lives in Finland and will work from home on 130,000k a year ffs

 

[Druss]

we have a minister who thinks it's ok to identify as a Llama

That's a bit of a slippery slope that one.

I think I'd quite like to identify as a bear, that way I could legitimately sh*t in the woods and be safer company than a man if someone were to find themselves stranded in said forest