2018 Münster attack

2018 Münster attack
2018 Münster attack (North Rhine-Westphalia)
2018 Münster attack (Germany)
LocationMünster, Germany
Coordinates51°57′51.0″N 7°37′34.5″E / 51.964167°N 7.626250°E / 51.964167; 7.626250
Date7 April 2018 (2018-04-07)
15:27 CEST (13:27 UTC)
TargetUnknown
Attack type
Vehicle-ramming attack
WeaponsVolkswagen California
Deaths5 (including the perpetrator)
Injured20
PerpetratorJens Alexander Rüther
Location of the attack
10m
11yds
Kiepenkerl

On 7 April 2018, a man drove a camper van into people seated outside restaurants in a pedestrianised square in the old part of the German city of Münster. He killed four people and injured about 20 others, six of them seriously, before committing suicide.