Yet another attack on a holiday crowd in Germany has taken place. Once again, someone drove a car into a festive pedestrian gathering, killing one person and injuring several others. German police are treating this as a “security situation,” but are keeping their mouths shut about the suspect and his/her condition.
“It’s Carnival time in Germany,” the BBC notes, a lead-up to the Christian observation of Ash Wednesday. They also note that the previous attack in Magdeburg took place around the Christian holiday of Christmas:
Anyone else seeing a pattern? The New York Times does, cautiously:
There have been several recent attacks with vehicles in Germany. Two weeks ago, a 24-year-old Afghan man who was seeking asylum purposefully drove into a union demonstration in Munich, killing a 2-year-old and her…
