The police said on Monday. that the driver had been arrested, adding that they were investigating whether other perpetrators had been involved…… .two people were killed and several others injured when a man drove a car into a lunch-hour crowd in the southwestern German city of Mannheim, the police said on Monday.

A car has driven into a crowd of people in the western German city of Mannheim, the Mannheimer Morgen newspaper reported on Monday, citing witnesses.

Local police said a police operation was under way in the city center, without giving further details.

The incident occurred as crowds gathered in cities across regions including Germany’s Rhineland for parades to mark the Carnival season.