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\n BERLIN
\nOne person was killed and eight injured when a car drove into a group of people in central Berlin on Wednesday, the fire service said.
\nA police spokeswoman said the driver was detained at the scene after the car ploughed into a shop front along busy shopping street Tauentzienstrasse.
\nIt was not clear whether the crash was intentional, police said.
\nThe accident happened just across Breitscheidplatz, where an Islamic State group sympathiser ploughed a truck through a Christmas market in 2016, killing 12.
\nDozens of police officers have been deployed to the scene.
\nThe country has seen several such attacks since the deadly 2016 assault, with most carried out by people who were found to have psychological issues.
\nIn December 2020, a German man ploughed his car through a pedestrian shopping street in the southwestern city of Trier, killing four adults and a baby.
\nEarlier the same year, a German man rammed his car through a carnival procession in the central town of Volkmarsen, injuring dozens of bystanders, including children. He was sentenced to life in jail last year.
\nIn January 2019, another German national injured eight people when he drove into crowds on New Year\u2019s Eve in the western cities of Bottrop and Essen. He was later taken into psychiatric care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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