Two dead and 25 injured is the toll from what appears to be a terrorist act, which occurred around 1:15 PM this Monday in Mannheim, Germany.
A vehicle drove into a pedestrian zone in the center of the southwestern German city, hitting crowds of passersby who frequent the area mainly to visit several shopping centers located there.
German media reports that police arrested the driver of the vehicle, while a large-scale anti-terror operation is underway in the city.
Messages have been sent to citizens to temporarily avoid visiting the downtown area.
15 of the injured are in serious condition.
Mannheim is located in the north of the state of Baden-Württemberg on the border with Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate. The city has around 320,000 inhabitants and is the second largest city in Baden-Württemberg.
Monday's attack is reminiscent of a series of attacks in Germany in recent weeks and months. On February 13, a man drove a vehicle into a demonstration in Munich.
In the attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg in December, six people were killed and around 300 were injured, many of them seriously. The attacker was a doctor from Saudi Arabia, who lived in Saxony-Anhalt and had been in Germany since 2006. He drove a car into the Christmas market in Magdeburg's old town.