BERLIN, March 3. /TASS/. At least two people were killed and 25 injured as a result of a car hitting a crowd in the city of Mannheim in southwestern Germany, the Bild newspaper reported citing security sources.

TASS has compiled the main facts about the incident.

Circumstances of the incident

- According to the Mannheim 24 portal, a black SUV was traveling at high speed from the Paradeplatz square towards the water tower and collided with a crowd.

- Rescuers are working at the scene.

- The police have urged residents to avoid traveling to the city center.

- According to the Bild newspaper, the driver of the car was detained.

- All roads and bridges leading out of the city are controlled by police officers with machine guns, and a helicopter is circling over Mannheim, it said.

- According to the newspaper, the car crashed into a crowd in the pedestrian zone near the Galeria Kaufhof shopping center.

Victims and injured

- The Bild newspaper, citing security sources, reported that at least two people were killed and 25 injured as a result of the incident.

- According to the newspaper, 15 people are in a serious condition.