(BBC) Given the profile of the man accused in the suspected car-ramming attack in Munich, the incident will undoubtedly have an impact on Germany’s parliamentary election in ten days.
Farhad N, 24, came to Germany in 2016 from Afghanistan to seek asylum, which was rejected, but he was given temporary permission to stay in Germany.
For weeks now Germany’s upcoming election, brought by the collapse of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition government, has been embroiled in a fevered debate about migration.
A number of violent incidents linked to migrants over the past year have led to increased support for the far-right AfD party.
