Several people were injured after a car drove into a group of people in a northern German town close to Hanover shortly before midnight on Monday, a police spokesperson said on Tuesday.
A BMW was driven deliberately into a group of people in Neustadt am Ruebenberge, leaving four to five of them with injuries ranging from minor to severe, the spokesperson said.
A police patrol that was nearby carrying out a routine traffic check intervened and prevented further harm.
Officers fired shots at the vehicle during the incident, the spokesperson said, but the occupants fled on foot.
Emergency services deployed numerous personnel including heavily
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