A car and a motorcycle on the city motorway A100 after an incident in Berlin, Germany (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP)A series of crashes caused by a 30-year-old Iraqi man on a major road in Berlin was an Islamic extremist attack, according to German prosecutors. “According to the current state of our investigation, this was an Islamist-motivated attack,” the office told the German news agency dpa. The crashes at three different locations led to a complete closure of one of the main traffic arteries of Berlin. Several media reported that the man shouted “allahu akbar” or “God is great” as he got out of his car. Some 300 people were stuck on the motorway for hours and were getting support from the German Red Cross, the Berlin fire department tweeted.

Source: Irish Independent August 19, 2020 09:16 UTC