At least 30 people were injured after a car drove into a trade union march in Munich. Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for the suspect, an Afghan national legally in Germany, to be deported.

The Bavarian capital Munich is currently preparing for the annual Munich Security Conference (MSC), amid tight security ahead of the major gathering of foreign policy experts and global leaders.

Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Hermann said authorities did not believe Thursday’s suspected attack was related to the upcoming conference, scheduled to kick off on Friday.

Set to take place at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich’s city center, the conference is due to be attended by US Vice President JD Vance, Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy as well as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, among other world leaders.

Conference management expressed “great shock” at Thursday’s car-ramming incident, adding they were in contact with police.