Updated Apr 7, 2018

2 dead after vehicle crashes into group of people in Germany

Police stand at a street blocking access to the site where a van drove into a crowd of people seated outside a pub. Photo: Ant Palmer / Getty Images

Two people have been killed and at least 20 injured, after a van crashed into a group of people outside a popular bar in Muenster, Germany, on Saturday, the AP reports. Police had earlier stated that three bystanders had died in the incident.

The details: The driver of the vehicle, a German citizen, shot and killed himself after the crash. Police said that they are "investigating in all directions," but said that "nothing speaks for there being any Islamist background."

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