What we know about suspected car attack in Munich

[Getty Images]A 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker drove a car into a crowd in the German city of Munich on Thursday, injuring at least 30 people, police have said.

Officers said they were treating the incident as a suspected attack.

Here's what we know about the attack so far.

What happened?

Munich police said the car, a Mini Cooper, accelerated and ploughed into the back of a rally by the Verdi trade union during a strike by public sector workers. It happened in Munich's city centre at the junction of Karlstrasse and Seidlstrasse at about 10:30 local time (11:30 GMT).

Employees of day-care centres, hospitals, sanitation facilities and public swimming pools had joined the strike, calling for…