A 37-year-old mother and her 2-year-old daughter have died from injuries they sustained in the Munich car attack on Thursday.
They were from Munich and the mother was a city staff member, according to a spokesperson for the Bavarian State Office of Criminal Investigation .
People place a candle in tribute to victims at the makeshift memorial set up at the scene where a car drove into a crowd in Munich, southern Germany, on Feb. 15, 2025.
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A damaged car sits at the crime scene after it was driven into a crowd in Munich, Germany, Feb. 13, 2025.
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At least 37 other people, including several children, were injured after a driver rammed a white Mini Cooper into a crowd during a Verdi trade union demonstration at the center of the city on Thursday morning, according to authorities.
The suspect — a 24-year-old Afghan asylum-seeker residing in Munich on a valid residence permit — acted alone and admitted during questioning to intentionally driving into the crowd, according to Senior Munich Public Prosecutor Gabriele Tillmann.
Police officers investigate the crime scene after a car drove into a crowd in Munich, Germany, on Feb. 13, 2025.
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An elderly woman lays a flower at a makeshift memorial at the site of a recent car attack, on Feb. 15, 2025, in Munich, Germany.
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The suspect acted alone, with no concrete evidence of network ties or organizational planning, according to the prosecutor.
Authorities believe there is a religious motivation with signs of Islamist influence, but there have not been any confirmed ties to any extremist organizations, according to the prosecutor.
