2018 Münster attack
| 2018 Münster attack | |
|---|---|
| Location | Münster, Germany |
| Coordinates | 51°57′51.0″N 7°37′34.5″E / 51.964167°N 7.626250°E |
| Date | 7 April 2018 15:27 CEST (13:27 UTC) |
| Target | Unknown |
Attack type | Vehicle-ramming attack |
| Weapons | Volkswagen California |
| Deaths | 5 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 20 |
| Perpetrator | Jens Alexander Rüther |
Location of the attack
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.