The incident took place on Rodła Square in the Polish city of Szczecin at 3:30 p.m., not far from the border with Germany. A man in a Ford is said to have run over a number of people in a pedestrian crossing at full speed before continuing along the pavement, write Polish media. The car he was in collided with four cars before the police got control and arrested the man. According to Polish media, the police currently do not know anything about the man’s background and any mental health history. Police spokesperson Pawel Pankau says the man is a 33-year-old Polish citizen. – This was not an act of terrorism, says Pankau, according to the AFP news agency. Eyewitnesses tell the newspaper Wyborcza that people were thrown several meters into the air by the collision with the car. – We had an incident where 17 people were injured. Three of them are children and two of the injured are critically injured. The person who did this has been arrested, says Governor Adam Rudawski. At 5.30pm, Gazeta,pl quotes local health authorities as saying that the number has risen to 19. The police spokesperson tells tvn24.pl that the number of injured is still increasing.
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