Mother and child die from injuries after car ramming attack in Munich

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A 37-year-old woman and her 2-year-old daughter died on Saturday from injuries they sustained when an Afghan national drove a car into a crowd in Munich on Thursday, German police said on Saturday, the first fatalities from the incident.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/4p4fpvf8   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A two-year-old girl and her 37-year-old mother succumbed to injuries on Saturday from a car

00:07ramming attack in Munich on Thursday, marking the first fatalities from the incident.

00:13Their deaths have sparked outrage and grief among locals.

00:16Anger, hatred and misunderstanding.

00:19I can't understand it.

00:21And I'm terribly sorry about what happened, how it happened.

00:26It's especially bad that many children are affected by it.

00:33And of course the mother died with her child.

00:37And that's very bad.

00:41Hatred.

00:43Hatred of the people who are here and there, in Munich and everywhere.

00:47And they are criminals.

00:49You can't use that.

00:51Get rid of them as soon as possible.

00:54At least 39 people were injured when a car plowed into trade union activists protesting for higher pay.

01:01The attacker, a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, was arrested, but his motive remains unclear.

01:07Authorities have classified the incident as religiously motivated

01:11and are calling for stricter repatriation, deportation and legislative measures.

01:17The attack occurred just hours before international leaders arrived in Munich for the annual security conference.

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