Afghan national confesses to car ramming, Munich prosecutor says
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on February 14, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 26, 2026

Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on February 14, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 26, 2026

An Afghan national has admitted to a deliberate car ramming in Munich, targeting demonstrators with an Islamist motive, according to prosecutors.
MUNICH (Reuters) - An Afghan national has admitted to purposefully driving into a crowd of demonstrators in Munich, and authorities have determined an Islamist motive for the crime, a prosecutor said at a news conference on Friday.
"He has admitted that he deliberately drove into the participants of the demonstration," prosecutor Gabriele Tilmann said.
"I'm very cautious about making hasty judgements, but based on everything we know at the moment, I would venture to speak of an Islamist motivation for the crime," she added.
(Reporting by Joern Poltz in Munich and Friederike Heine in Berlin, editing by Thomas Seythal)
The main topic is the confession of an Afghan national to a deliberate car ramming incident in Munich, with an Islamist motive identified.
Authorities have determined an Islamist motive for the crime, as stated by the prosecutor.
Prosecutor Gabriele Tilmann provided details about the incident during a news conference.
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