(Deutsche Welle) German authorities were investigating Tuesday why a man rammed a stolen truck into a line of cars in Limburg, leaving eight people injured as well as the driver.
Officials confirmed that the 32-year-old suspected hijacker had been detained. A judge later issued a formal arrest warrant, according to news agency DPA.
The man reportedly arrived in Germany from his native Syria in 2015 and lived in the Offenbach area near Frankfurt. He was granted subsidiary protection the following year — a status given to those who do not qualify as refugees but are in danger if they return to their country of origin.
The newspaper Frankfurter Neue Presse (FNP) quoted the original driver of the truck as saying: “A man dragged me out of my lorry.”
