Asylum seeker who drove into Munich crowd IS an Islamist, police say

The driver who injured at least 36 people by 'deliberately' ramming a car into a demonstration in Munich yesterday was an Islamist and yelled 'Allahu Akbar' after the horrifying attack, police said today as details of the attacker emerged.

Farhad N., a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, is due to appear before a judge this afternoon, a day after he drove a Mini Cooper into a crowd of around 1,000 striking unionists.

Gabriele Tilmann, the senior public prosecutor, that Farhad N. had confessed during an interrogation to deliberately driving into the demonstration. Police said that Farhad had an 'Islamist orientation' but was not affiliated with any Islamist groups.

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