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Berlin: A German driver who rammed a crowd of shoppers in Heidelberg, killing one man and injuring two others, has no apparent link to terrorism and has refused to answer questions about the incident, police say.
The 35-year-old suspect, who was chased and shot by police and later underwent surgery in the south-western German city, has been formally arrested, a joint statement by police and the public prosecutor said on Sunday.
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The incident caused a storm of comments on social media, with several people in Germany and overseas claiming the suspect was a refugee or a Muslim and accusing the police of withholding information on him.
Germany has taken in over a million migrants in the past 18 months and reports of crime among them have alarmed voters.
A car stands in front of a store, guarded by police in Heidelberg, Germany, on Saturday. Photo: DPA/AP
The victim was a 73-year-old German man, while the two injured people were an Austrian man, 32, and his Bosnian female partner, 29, the statement said.
"Based on investigations so far, there are no signs of a terrorist or extremist motive for the crime," it said.
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According to the statement, the suspect apparently fled the scene with a kitchen knife in hand. When police cornered him a few blocks away, he ignored their orders to drop the knife and turned on them. After pepper spray did not stop him, an officer shot him in the stomach, wounding him seriously.
Authorities are investigating whether the suspect might be classified as having diminished responsibility, the statement said, but added: "But there are so far no indications of this". The man had no previous police record.
After refuting several misleading tweets about the suspect, local police tweeted: "And once again for everyone: suspect German WITHOUT migrant background".
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