A driver rammed a car into a crowd Monday in the southwestern German city of Mannheim, and authorities said two people were killed and 11 others injured, five of them severely. A 40-year-old German from the nearby state of Rhineland-Palatinate was detained and in a hospital after being injured,

One person has been killed and several others injured after a car drove into a crowd in the western German city of Mannheim, police say Eyewitnesses in Mannheim have been speaking to local media, with one saying "all hell broke loose" following the incident.

Police in Mannheim, Germany asked people to avoid the downtown area amid an ongoing operation after a vehicle reportedly hit a crowd.