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A car drove into a crowd of people in western Berlin on Wednesday, killing one person and smashing through a shop window, police said, in a district of the German capital popular with tourists and shoppers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than a dozen people were injured, a police spokesperson said at the scene. Some injuries were serious, a spokesperson for the fire service added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“A man is believed to have driven into a group of people. It is not yet known whether it was an accident or a deliberate act,” police said, adding that the driver had been detained at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We are currently on the scene with about 130 emergency personnel,” the police added. “The vehicle, a small car, was secured on site.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Investigators were looking into whether the incident was a deliberate attack or possibly an accident with a medical cause, a police spokesperson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blankets covered what appeared to be a body in a cordoned-off area guarded by police, Reuters images showed. A small, silver coloured Renault car was lodged inside a shop after smashing through a plate glass window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The incident took place next to the war-ravaged Gedaechtniskirche church, one of Berlin’s best-known landmarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rescue workers moved apparently conscious people on stretchers towards an ambulance, including one woman sitting up, and another who covered her face with her hand, Reuters images showed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The site, on a shopping street near a McDonald’s restaurant, was cordoned off. Bystanders looked up at a helicopter circling above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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