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We've heard from the Prime Minister of Saxony, the state in where Leipzig is, saying that he's believed to have had psychological problems.
He's also a local resident.
He, as we know, has been arrested and the police are continuing their investigations.
They've said that two people have lost their lives in this and a number of others injured.
They said it was still too early to say anything.
The numbers have injured, and there is this very big emergency and rescue operation underway in the centre of town.
What we understand is that this car drove along a street that leads towards the pedestrian area in the centre of Leipzig, in a very touristy area, an area where there's a university, where there are sites connected with the composer Johann Sebastian Bach, a very...
busy area in Leipzig where it's very popular for people to be out in the evening and this is when the incident happened.
The authorities have not said yet whether they believe that this was a deliberate attack or whether it was an accident or something else.
What we know is that they have said the suspect is no longer a danger, that it is fine for people in Leipzig to go out in the streets again and wander around, but this is something which has caused great grief and shock.
Were you surprised at how enthusiastic the family was to pay this inheritance tax?
It is a very high percentage that people pay in South Korea for inheritance tax.
I think it's 50%, which is the highest in the world, I think, or among the highest in the world.
What happened?
Why did you leave me?
I'm Rachel Wright, and in the early hours of Thursday, the 1st of January, these are our main stories. Donald Trump will pull National Guard troops out of three US cities after a Supreme Court ruling. And in a New Year's address, President Zelensky says Ukraine will not sign a weak peace agreement with Russia.