Attacco a Monaco: il sospetto non era né noto alla polizia, né di fronte all’espulsione dal paese

BR24 editorial team
Joseph Röhmel

Reports on this topic: BR24 on the radio on 13/02/2025 at 18:00.

According to Bavaria’s Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann (CSU), the suspected Munich attacker who crashed his car into a demonstration on Thursday had not previously committed a criminal offence and was not required to leave the country. Herrmann said this in an interview with Bayerischer Rundfunk. Farhad N., a 24-year-old Afghan, is said to have had a residence and work permit from the city of Munich.

His asylum application, which had already been rejected years ago, therefore did not result in an obligation to leave the country. According to Herrmann, he is not yet able to judge the background to the residence permit issued by the City of Munich. They had at least wanted to enable the youngster to attend school at the time, which he had complied with.

Initially there had been talk of criminal offences

The Afghan had not been investigated for shoplifting, but as a shop detective he had only appeared as a witness to a theft – Herrmann also confirmed this. As Bayerischer Rundfunk learnt from security sources, there were no indications of danger at any time, and there are also no state security records.

Two hours after the crime, Herrmann had reported at midday that the 24-year-old had become conspicuous in connection with shoplifting and drug offences. This misinformation was probably due to the short time available, a police spokesman said on enquiry. According to the current state of the investigation, ‘until yesterday there was no reason to doubt that he had integrated himself into our lives in a reasonably orderly fashion’, Herrmann said on BR24 TV in the evening.
Conspicuous post on social media

The suspect attracted attention with a post on Instagram on Wednesday. According to security circles, the content of this post was ‘Oh Allah, protect us always’. All of Farhad N.’s social media channels have since been switched off.

However, photos of Farhad N. in front of a white Mini Cooper, which according to BR research is the murder vehicle, can be found on the internet. The photos were taken last year and are available to BR24. There are indications that the perpetrator is a bodybuilder and has also taken part in Bavarian championships.

According to dpa, investigators searched the suspect’s flat in an apartment block in Munich’s Solln district in the afternoon. According to police information, the man is to be brought before an investigating judge on Friday.
Car driver drives into Verdi strike procession – dozens injured

The suspect had driven into a crowd of people in Munich’s Maxvorstadt district on Thursday afternoon. According to police reports from the early evening, 30 people were injured; according to Mayor Reiter, eight to ten of them were seriously injured. In addition, eight people were seriously injured and only a few were slightly injured, he said in the evening in Munich. Several people are said to still be in mortal danger. ‘There is a risk of more serious consequences. We must all hope and pray today that there are no fatalities.’ Bavaria’s Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann (CSU) said that his thoughts were also ‘with the child whose life the doctors are still fighting for’.

The group of people were participants in a strike march. According to the police, around 1,500 people were taking part in the demonstration organised by the Verdi trade union. The perpetrator had approached from behind, overtaken a police vehicle travelling at the end of the demonstration and crashed into the group of people from behind at more than 50 km/h. The incident took place in the immediate vicinity of Munich’s Stiglmaierplatz. A large contingent of police, fire and rescue services were on the scene. Rescue helicopters were also deployed.
Söder speaks of ‘suspected attack’

Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) spoke to journalists of a ‘suspected attack’. The exact circumstances are still under investigation. Bavaria’s Minister of Justice Georg Eisenreich (CSU) announced that the ‘Bavarian Central Office for Combating Extremism and Terrorism’ at the Public Prosecutor General’s Office in Munich was conducting the investigation. The latter told BR that an extremist background could not be ruled out, which was also confirmed by the police.

Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann (CSU) also assumes an attack – in an interview with Bayerischer Rundfunk, he cites the course of events as the reason for this. ‘We assume it was an attack because the perpetrator approached the demonstration from behind. He then swerved round the police vehicles and then, as eyewitnesses say, probably sped into the crowd. And with a sequence of events like that, you can no longer believe it was an accident.’

The perpetrator’s motive is not yet known, but according to the police in the Bavarian capital, there were ‘indications of an extremist background’. The investigation is ongoing. After the crime scene work, the affected area in Munich was reopened to traffic in the evening.
Police arrest man who drove amok – no others involved

The police arrested the man after the offence. The 24-year-old was slightly injured during the arrest, but not by the use of firearms. According to the police, there are no indications of other people involved. An eyewitness reported that the car was deliberately driven into the crowd. The police confirmed to BR that a shot had been fired in the direction of the driver.

‘I was in the demonstration,’ another eyewitness told BR. When the car drove into the crowd, he ran over and ‘I saw that a man was lying under the car. Then I tried to open the door, but it was locked.’ Eventually the police arrived and shot at the car window, so he withdrew and looked after the injured.

As BR learnt from police sources, other witnesses speak of a total of seven people who are said to have been hit by the wheels. The driver had deliberately pressed the accelerator pedal again.
Contact points for eyewitnesses and victims

Witnesses can provide relevant videos or images of the current events to the police via the following link (external link). In addition, the BLKA has set up a service hotline for information on 0800/ 300 000 60.

A crisis hotline has also been set up for those affected. Anyone who urgently needs psychological support can contact the crisis service of the Psychiatry Upper Bavaria. Crisis support is available free of charge around the clock on 0800/6553 000 and is available in 120 languages.

The telephone counselling service of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising also provides a crisis hotline. Those affected, relatives and eyewitnesses can call 089/1271 8590 between 8am and 10pm.

Munich police conference is ongoing live now.
According to them he was very religious Muslim and religious background is most likely to be confirmed.

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Hired and paid by … you know who …

I mean this is basically motivated by the enormous reaction by the press of previous attacks. there are hours and hours of reporting about this and the next crazed person is watching that right now. The journalists should just say a man provoked an accident many people are hurt and nothing more and only once.

The world’s gone mad.

Oh, I guess that’s ok then.

Why in rare events are Muslim in western countries radicalized? Like what is it about the west that creates these environments to where radicalization happens?

For example, the west holds various migrant groups and you rarely hear of Indians, southeast Asian, Chinese, Korean, Turkics… and it’s never coming from these groups but when terrorist attack is usually from Muslims, Arabs/NA, Christians, Incels.

I understand the radicalization of Christians but not of Muslim/middle eastern migrants.