The suspected perpetrator in the car ramming attack which has killed at least two people is a 40-year-old German from Ludwigshafen with previous convictions related to drunk driving and right-wing hate speech.

German media is now reporting that two people are believed to have died after the suspected attack in Mannheim. Police have so far confirmed that one person was killed and several others were injured. They said in a statement that a car was driven at a group of people, but have not specified whether it was a deliberate attack.