German police say driver detained at scene where around 1,000 people were holding strike rally

A 24-year-old Afghan man has driven a car into a trade union demonstration in Munich, injuring at least 28 people including children, some of them critically, German police said.

The Bavarian state premier, Markus Söder, told reporters the incident was “suspected to be an attack”, 10 days before the German general elections in which the campaign has been dominated by heated debate about public security and immigration.