Germany: Police operation in Mannheim amid reported ramming

Police are carrying out a large-scale operation in the center of the German city amid reports a car drove into a crowd of people.

Local media in the southwestern German city of Mannheim reported on Monday that at least one person was killed as a car drove into a crowd in the city center. 

Police have called on residents to avoid the area due to a large-scale operation at the central Paradeplatz. 

The incident comes just weeks two people were killed in a car ramming in Munich.

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