On 7 April 2018, a man drove a van into people seated outside restaurants in a pedestrianised square in the old part of the German city of Münster.

On 7 April 2018, a man drove a camper van into people seated outside restaurants in a pedestrianised square in the old part of the German city of Münster.

[1][2] Police said the attacker drove into "several cafe and restaurant terraces in a major square in the centre of Münster".

[5] The attacker was identified by media sources as a 48-year-old German national named Jens Alexander Rüther, born about "an hour south" of the city,[6][7] who had previously suffered from psychiatric illness.

"[1] He was later known as small-time criminal, who stole cell phones and car radios to finance his drug addiction.

[7] On 18 April, Reul said that after an analysis by the security authorities, right-wing extremism was also ruled out as a motive.