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Members of the emergency 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. (AFP)

Afghan jailed for life for deadly Munich car-ramming

A German court sentences an Afghan man to life in prison for the deadly 2025 Munich car-ramming attack that kills a mother and her two-year-old daughter and injures dozens.

August 6, 2026

Afghan man goes on trial over deadly Munich car-ramming

The suspect, partially identified as Farhad N, faces two charges of murder and 44 of attempted murder, with prosecutors saying he acted out of a 'religious motivation' and expected to die in the attack.

January 16, 2026

Afghan man on trial in Germany over deadly knife attack on toddlers

The public prosecutor's office has previously said there was no indication the suspect acted out of extremist or terrorist motivation, and they were seeking to have him permanently confined to a psychiatric facility.

October 16, 2025