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2 killed and several injured in suspected car ramming in Mannheim, Germany

The news comes 18 days after at least 28 people were injured in a car ramming in Munich.

An 83-year-old woman and a 54-year-old man were killed and several more were injured Monday in a suspected car-ramming in the west German city of Mannheim, officials said.

A suspect was identified and arrested, Mannheim police said in a statement. A spokesperson for the state interior ministry in Stuttgart said the suspect is a 40-year-old German man who lives in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Police said at this time "it is not assumed that there is a political background."

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The attack happened around 12:15 p.m. local time. Five people were seriously injured, police said in a . Five others suffered minor injuries. They were all taken to different hospitals.

A major police operation was underway and people were urged to avoid the city center, which has been busy due to an ongoing carnival season. spoke to an eyewitness who saw a car drive into several pedestrians.

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Police stand next to a damaged car in Mannheim, Germany, after a car drove into pedestrians.
Police stand next to a damaged car in Mannheim, Germany, after a car drove into pedestrians. (Florian Wiegand / Getty Images)

Following the attack, the city of Heidelberg said it was canceling its carnival parade on Tuesday.

"The terrible images from Mannheim are shocking and our thoughts are with the victims and their families," Mayor Eckart Würzner said in a translated . "This is the second time within a year that our neighboring city has suffered such a terrible act of violence — in a situation like this, it was inconceivable for us to celebrate a joyful carnival procession here in Heidelberg."

The news comes just 18 days after and at least . Police said the suspected driver, a 24-year-old Afghan national, may have had an "extremist background."

The western German city of Mannheim is in the middle of the Rhineland region's carnival season, with colorful parades taking place this week alongside a market featuring food stalls, rides and games.

온라인카지노사이트 News' Minyvonne Burke contributed.

A suspect is under arrest after driving a vehicle into a crowd of people in Mannheim, Germany.

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