MUENSTER, Germany (Reuters) - A German man drove a van into a group of people sitting outside a restaurant in the old city centre of Muenster in western Germany on Saturday, killing two of them before shooting himself dead, police and state officials said. Police spokesman Andreas Bode earlier said: "At 15:27 (1327 GMT), a vehicle drove into the outside area of the restaurant ... three people were killed, 20 injured, and six of those seriously injured." MERKEL 'SHAKEN'The incident came one year to the day after a truck attack in Stockholm that killed five people. It also evoked memories of a December 2016 truck attack in Berlin that killed 12. French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted: "All my thoughts are with the victims of the attack in Muenster.

Source: The Star April 07, 2018 15:11 UTC