A man drove a car at high speed through a pedestrian zone in the south-western German city of Trier on Tuesday, killing four people and injuring 15 others, officials said.

Iran PressEurope:  An SUV car at high speed through a pedestrian zone in the southwestern part of the German city of Trier on Tuesday, killing four people, including a 9-month-old child, and seriously injuring 15, officials said.

The driver, who has been identified as a 51-year-old German man born in Trier, was arrested at the scene and the vehicle was impounded, Trier police said.

The suspect, whose name was not released in line with German privacy laws, had no fixed address and had been living in recent days in the Land Rover that a friend had loaned him, which was used in the attack, said prosecutor Peter Fritzen, who was heading the investigation. 219