Politicians dismayed after death by Mannheim

After Death trip with at least two dead and many injuries on Monday in Mannheim show leading politicians in the country dismayed and, with their words, turn to the relatives of those affected.

« I want to express my deep sympathy for the relatives of the victims, » ​​said Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier Say on his spokeswoman Cerstin Gammelin at X on Monday afternoon. “It's terrible what you have to go through. I wish the injured rapid recovery. I would like to thank the police and emergency services for the emergency services, ”said the Federal President.

Scholz: « Again we mourn with the relatives of the victims of a senseless act of violence »

Also Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed his sympathy. « Again we mourn with Mannheim, » he wrote on X, probably referring to the fact that the alleged Islamist Sulaiman A. had attacked people with a knife on the Mannheim market square less than a year ago and fatally violated a policeman. Scholz also wrote: “Again we mourn with the relatives of the victims of a senseless act of violence and fear for injured. We cannot put up with that.  » He thanked the emergency services and wished the eyewitnesses « a lot of strength to process what was experienced ».

Scholz 'more likely successor as Chancellor, Friedrich Merz ((CDU), wrote on X: « The crime in Mannheim shakes us » that his thoughts are among the victims and their relatives. « The incident-like the terrible deeds of the past few months-urges us: We have to do everything we can to prevent such acts, » said the CDU chairman. Germany has to « become a safe country again ». He also thanked all the emergency services.

Also France president Emmanuel Macron insured the assistance of his country. He wrote on X, both in German and in French: “To the German people to all people in Mannheim, in particular to the members of the victims of this act of violence. France is at your side.  »

Mannheim's mayor Specht: « Inhumane attack on peaceful people »

Baden-Württemberg's Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) said at a press conference in the evening on site: « We are simply sad that such a bad act has happened again. » You feel with the relatives of the killed. To the citizens of Mannheim, he said: « It is really difficult to endure and endure. » He then assured that the state was doing everything he could do to protect it. Unfortunately, there could be no 100 % protection. « Sometimes it's just tragic and bad, » says Kretschmann.

At the joint press conference, Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser spoke of a « terrible act of violence ». She expressed her condolences to people, they were intended to think of the two killed. « We wish the seriously injured and injured soon and hopefully also complete recovery. » It is a terrible act, a « horror ». She was certain that the investigative authorities would do everything possible to clarify the crime.

Shortly after the crime, Mannheim's mayor Christian Specht showed himself dismayed. « This hideous inhuman attack on peaceful people deeply shakes us all, » he said according to the city's Instagram channel. « Our thoughts are with the dead and injured, their relatives and friends. »

The Greens Federal Chairman Franziska Brantner wrote on X: « All of Mannheim and the Rhein-Neckar region mourn the two people who were brutally torn from their lives today. » Her thoughts are among the bereaved and injuries, said Brantner. She thanked the emergency services and informed that « in solidarity with the victims » the carnival parade in Heidelberg would be canceled. Brantner is also a member of the neighboring town of Mannheim. « Now it is important to stand together and to stand up to those affected, » said the Greens-Co boss.

Strobl: Thoughts in the victims of the « terrible event »

The deputy Baden-Württemberg Prime Minister and Interior Minister Thomas Strobl (CDU) announced in a press release that his thoughts were among people « who were in some way victims of this terrible event. And they are with the police officers and the emergency services, the emergency doctors, and everyone else who helps with all their strength, ”says Strobl.

On Monday afternoon, according to the Mannheim police, a 40-year-old German suspect from Rhineland-Palatinate was around 12.15 p.m. drove into a group of people in the city center by car. Two people were killed and five more seriously injured. Five people suffered minor injuries. The investigation into the crime is currently not based on a political background.