Police in Germany say one person was killed and others injured when a car rammed into a crowd in western Germany, police said. A suspect is in custody.

Police in Mannheim, Germany asked people to avoid the downtown area after a vehicle plowed into a crowd near a Carnival season event.

German authorities say a car-ramming incident in the southwestern city of Mannheim that killed two people Monday was a deliberate attack but it does not appear to have been politically or religiously motivated.