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A MUM and her child have died in hospital after a suspected Islamist terrorist rammed his Mini Cooper into a crowd in Munich.

The woman, 37, and her two-year-old daughter were among 39 injured in the "shocking attack" said to be carried out by a rejected Afghan asylum seeker.

Members of the emergengy services work at the scene where a car drove into a crowd in the southern German city of Munich on February 13, 2025 leaving several people injured, police said. Munich police said on social media platform X that "several people were injured" after "a car drove into a group of people" in the centre of the Bavarian state capital. (Photo by Michaela STACHE / AFP) (Photo by MICHAELA STACHE/AFP via Getty Images)
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The two-year-old girl was among the 36 injured
Emergency responders at a car accident scene.
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The car ploughed into a group of people in the cityCredit: X
Farhad Noori, a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, posing next to a white Mini Cooper.
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Suspect Farhad Noori pictured with his white Mini Cooper that was used in the attackCredit: Enterprise
Shirtless man being arrested by police.
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Footage appears to show the driver being arrested
Map showing the route of a car attack in Munich, Germany, with an inset photo of the damaged vehicle.

The Mini Cooper is said to have "sped up" and ploughed into the back of around 1,500 Verdi demonstrators - a Berlin-based German trade union - on Seidlstrasse in Munich on Thursday.

The suspected attack came just hours before the Munich Security Conference started on Friday, with US Vice President JD Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arriving at the summit to speak.

The suspect is a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker who is understood to have been known to police in relation to drug and theft incidents.

News website  says the suspect is a Kabul-born man named Farhad Noori.

He is said to have posted Islamist content on social media before the heinous incident.

The suspected attack is thought not to be connected with the Munich Security Conference.

Farhad Noori arrived in Germany as an asylum seeker in December 2016 and had his asylum application rejected.

Unconfirmed reports from eyewitnesses in the horror incident claim there were two men involved in the crowd plough, with one of them shot by police and carried away, according to .

Munich cops have repeated that the driver was arrested but said they're unable to confirm reports that another person was involved.

Emotional pictures show shoes, umbrellas and bags discarded on the floor after victims presumably ran for their lives.

Another harrowing image shows a collapsed pram on the ground.

One eyewitness on the scene said the Mini hit a woman and child, explaining that they were "apparently lying under the car".

A demonstrator told Bayerischer Rundfunk: "I was in the demonstration and saw that a man was lying under the car.

"Then I tried to open the door, but it was locked."

They claimed police shot at the car window.

The front of the Mini was completely destroyed - suggesting the driver was travelling at speed before ploughing into demonstrators.

Muscular man in athletic pants standing outside a hotel.
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He was an influencer on social media
Debris and a stroller scattered on the ground near a white Mini Cooper with its trunk open.
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A pram captured lying on the floor at the sceneCredit: AP
Debris and emergency responders at a city street scene.
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Emergency services attend the scene of an accidentCredit: AP
Emergency personnel and debris in a wet street.
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Emotional pictures show shoes, umbrellas and bags discarded on the floorCredit: AP