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German court sentences man who drove into groups of pedestrians to be permanently held in psychiatric hospital

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A German court has convicted a 30-year-old man who drove into groups of pedestrians in Berlin last year of one count of murder and 16 counts of attempted murder, ordering him to be permanently held in a psychiatric hospital.

The Berlin regional court concluded that the driver, a German citizen born in Armenia, was in a psychotic state when he drove onto the sidewalk in a popular shopping district in the west of the capital in June, killing a teacher and injuring eleven students on a school trip. A pregnant woman, a teenage girl and two men were also injured.

The driver was detained by passers-by before being arrested by police.

GERMAN POLICE RELEASE DESCRIPTION OF KNIFE ATTACK SUSPECT THAT SERIOUSLY WOUNDED 4 MEN

Emergency services move a stretcher at the site where a car drove into a crowd in central Berlin, on June 8, 2022. A court in Germany sentenced the driver to be permanently held in a psychiatric hospital. (ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)

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The court also banned the man from driving for life.

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