Two dead after driver ploughs into people in shopping area in Germany

The driver, a 33-year-old German citizen, was detained in the car. Police said he was a German-born resident of the Leipzig area. Picture: Sebastian Willnow/dpa via AP

A driver ploughed into people in a busy shopping area in the centre of the German city of Leipzig on Monday afternoon, leaving two people dead, authorities said.

An additional three people were seriously injured in what officials believe was a deliberate rampage, Mayor Burkhard Jung said.