2-year-old girl, her mother succumb to injuries after car ramming attack in

“Unfortunately, we have to confirm the deaths today of the two-year-old child and her 37-year-old mother,” a police spokesperson was quoted as saying by AFP.

According to prosecutors, at least 39 people were injured and some of them in critical condition, when the car hit trade union activists demonstrating for higher pay.

Driver rams into group of people injuring at least 20 in Munich, Germany. (Source: Reuters)

The 24-year-old attacker, identified by German media as Farhad N, is an asylum seeker and the police added that he may have had motives of Islamist extremism behind the ghastly attack on the crowd.

According to prosecutor Gabriele Tilmann, the alleged attacker uttered the words “Allahu Akbar” (God is greatest) to police officers and even offered prayers after carrying out the incident.

German authorities have stated that they are considering the attack as a religiously motivated attack without providing further details. The attack remains significant in bringing the security concerns in Germany to the forefront as the country is heading towards federal election on February 23.

Responding to the incident, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that the man who allegedly carried out the ghastly attack in Munch cannot expect leniency and must leave Germany.

“This perpetrator cannot hope for any leniency. He must be punished and he must leave the country. If it was an attack, we must take consistent action against possible perpetrators with all means of justice,” Scholz said.