2018 Münster attack
On 7 April 2018, a man drove a van into people seated outside restaurants in a pedestrianised square in the old part of the German city of Münster. He killed four people and injured about 20 others, six of them seriously, before committing suicide.
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2018 Münster attack (North Rhine-Westphalia) 2018 Münster attack (Germany) | |
Location | Münster, Germany |
Coordinates | 51°57′51.0″N 7°37′34.5″E |
Date | 7 April 2018 15:27 CEST (13:27 UTC) |
Target | Unknown |
Attack type | Vehicle-ramming attack |
Weapons | Motor vehicle |
Deaths | 5 (including the perpetrator) |
Injured | 20 |
Perpetrator | Jens Alexander Rüther |
Location of the attack
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