Ilmenau in Thuringia: several people shot at with rubber bullets

Out of a car, a man in Ilmenau fired rubber bullets at people. Eight people were injured, mostly non-German citizens. The suspect was caught, the crime motive was examined.

In Ilmenau a man shot at passers-by with plastic ammunition. According to a police spokesman, eight people were slightly injured. A political motive for the act is being examined.

At the Helmholtz Ring in Ilmenau, passers-by were shot at with plastic bullets from a Mazda. Eight people suffered minor injuries. The police are looking for witnesses and other victims of the incident.