The police in Mannheim, in the country’s southwest, said that the driver, a 40-year-old German citizen, had been arrested and that they did not believe he had a political motive.

A 40-year-old German citizen has been arrested and there is no "political background" connected to the incident, police say.

Several casualties were reported after a car drove into a crowd of people in the western German city of Mannheim, the German media reported on Monday, citing witnesses.

Police would not immediately characterize the incident as an attack, but cars have been used as deadly weapons in recent months in Germany.

On Feb. 13, a 24-year-old suspect drove a car into a crowd in Munich gathered for a trade union demonstration, killing a 37-year-old mother and her 2-year-old daughter and injuring 37 people.

Investigators will question the driver who allegedly rammed a car into a crowd in Germany's southwestern city of Mannheim, killing two people and wounding 11 ...

It comes just weeks after a car drove into a crowd of people in Munich, killing a 37-year-old woman and her two-year-old ...

German authorities say a car-ramming incident in the southwestern city of Mannheim that killed two people Monday was a ...

A driver rammed a car into a crowd Monday in the southwestern German city of Mannheim. Authorities said two people were killed and several others injured.

Security has been a key concern in Germany following a string of violent attacks in recent weeks, including deadly car rammings in Magdeburg in December and in Munich last month, as well as a stabbing ...

MANNHEIM: A car drove into a crowd in the western German city of Mannheim, killing at least two people and injuring 11 others ...

MANNHEIM, Germany >> A car drove into a crowd in the western German city of Mannheim today, killing at least two people and seriously injuring several others, overshadowing carnival celebrations in ...