Frankfurter Rundschau: Attack In Munich: That's Why There Are So Many Attacks Now - "Massive Accumulation"
“He "stepped on the gas and then drove into the back of the gathering," said Munich Police Vice President Christian Huber, describing the attack on a group of demonstrators in Munich on Thursday morning (February 13). A 24-year-old Afghan drove his car into the crowd. At least 36 people were injured, some seriously, including a two-year-old child . On Friday, investigators assumed that the driver's motive was Islamist… "The incident in Munich is a classic attack scenario and every successful attack motivates other people to carry out such attacks," says terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler from the Counter Extremism Project BuzzFeed News Germany . "Cars were used at Christmas in Magdeburg and on New Year's Day in New Orleans. So it is not totally surprising that another attack has been attempted using a car."”

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