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Prosecutors investigating a series of car crashes on a Berlin highway on Tuesday evening believe they were part of a terrorist attack./AFP
Prosecutors have revealed that a series of car crashes on a Berlin highway on Tuesday night were caused by a terrorist attack.
A 30-year-old Iraqi man allegedly drove into several vehicles along a highway shortly before 19:00 CET, causing injuries to six people, three of whom are seriously injured.
Other reports have also said that the man put a box on the roof of his car and claimed it contained explosives, though it was later found to be full of tools.
The suspect, who has been named as Samrad A by German media, was arrested by police who believe he may have been radicalized inside a refugee camp where he has been living. He is now likely to face three charges of attempted murder.
A 30-year-old Iraqi man allegedly drove into several vehicles along a highway shortly before 19:00 CET, causing injuries to six people, three of which are seriously injured./AFP
Prosecutors released a statement to the German news agency DPA, which revealed their inquiry was narrow in its focus: "According to the current state of our investigation this was an Islamist-motivated attack.”
The DPA also claimed that the attacker had been suffering from psychological problems prior to carrying out the attack.
In the aftermath of the crash, local authorities shut down one of Berlin's busiest highways, leaving 300 cars stuck in a long traffic jam for several hours.
Berlin was previously the subject of a terrorist attack back in 2016 when Islamist militant Anis Amri drove a truck into a Christmas market, killing 12 people and injuring 49 others.
