Suspected Munich car attack: What we know

A 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker drove at a group of people and injured at least 28, German police say.

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Officers said they were treating the incident as a suspected attack.

Here's what we know about the attack so far.

Munich police said the car, a Mini Cooper, accelerated and ploughed into the back of a rally by the Verdi trade union during a strike by public sector workers. It happened in Munich's city centre at the junction of Karlstrasse and Seidlstrasse at about 10:30 local time (11:30 GMT).

Employees of day-care centres, hospitals, sanitation facilities and public swimming pools had joined the strike, calling for higher pay and longer holidays.

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