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We are wrapping up our live coverage of the "suspected attack" in Munich today.

Here's what you need to know:

• At least 28 people were injured, including children, when a car rammed into a demonstration;
• One person has been arrested, with police identifying the suspect as a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker;
• The incident is the latest in a spate of attacks in Germany that have fuelled a heated debate on migration and security ahead of the election in 10 days.

Scroll down through our live page to catch up on all the other details.

You can also read a full summary of the incident here: 

By Siobhan Robbins, Europe correspondent

Confirmation that police are investigating the Munich car crash as a "suspected attack" will fill Germans with dread and add fuel to an already highly emotional election debate.

It's just under two months since a Saudi doctor was accused of driving his car into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, killing six and injuring hundreds.

On Thursday, authorities confirmed the 24-year-old Afghan driver of a mini that hit people in Munich has been detained.

Police allege that he sped up when he got close to a group of demonstrators.

It's believed children are among the injured.

While people take in the horror of what has happened, they are acutely aware that next weekend voters will go to the polls in an election where the far right is currently coming second.

An attack in Aschaffenburg that killed two in January, where the suspect was also an Afghan man, meant the election debate was already firmly fixed on the topic of migration.

With the traditionally anti-immigration far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) proving popular, the current front runners, the Christian Democrats (CDU), hardened their position.

The leader Friedrich Merz published a five-point plan which included making border checks permanent and potentially turning away some asylum seekers as they tried to enter.

His draft motion only cleared parliament with the help of AfD votes, breaking a long-standing taboo of not working with the far right and prompting hundreds of thousands to take to the streets in protest.

Leaders of all parties have already denounced the suspected attack in Munich and pledged to take tough action, but the pain triggered by the senseless act will only widen divisions in this already divided country.

Immigration and security were already a focal point of Germany's election campaign, with polls showing a surge in support for the far-right AfD party. 

After police confirmed the man detained in connection with today's "suspected attack" is a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, political leaders are once again setting out their position on migration.

Germany goes to the polls in just 10 days. 

German leader vows deportation

Chancellor Olaf Scholz, whose centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) are third in polls, said the perpetrator cannot expect to stay in Germany.

In August, his government said it was resuming flights for convicted criminals of Afghan nationality to their home country and Scholz today repeated his intention to continue this policy.

"This perpetrator cannot count on any leniency, he must be punished and he must leave the country," he said. 

Far-right asks "should this go on forever?"

The far-right AfD, in second place in polls, also seized on the incident, with co-leader Alice Weidel focusing on the driver's nationality.

"Should this go on forever? Migration turnaround now," she posted on social media platform X.

"Millions of people have come to us who previously threw away their passports. And we don't know who they are."

Election front-runner calls for 'change'

Conservative Friedrich Merz, front-runner to be Germany's next chancellor, has said safety would be his top priority. 

"We will enforce law and order. Everyone must feel safe in our country again. Something has to change in Germany," Merz posted on X.

He has accused Scholz of being soft on immigration. Last month he broke a taboo in Germany by winning a parliamentary vote on asylum with the support of the AfD.

Bavaria's premier, who is the leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU), the sister party to the Christian Democrats (CDU) that's leading in polls, said this is "more evidence that we can't go from attack to attack and show dismay".

Markus Soder said: "We actually have to change something. This is not the first such act. So, we feel with the people today, but at the same time we are determined that something much change in Germany, and quickly."

We've just been speaking to an extremism expert, who's warned social media has helped to spread the threat of radicalisation.

While we still don't know the motive for the incident - which has not been described as a terror incident - authorities said they do believe it was an attack on a demonstration in central Munich.

And Hans Jakob Schindler, senior director of Counter Extremism Project, said a wider issue is that groups like ISIS and al Qaeda are just posting propaganda online and letting the algorithms "do the work for them".

Specifically on today's incident, he said he believes this was "preventable", with the Munich Security Conference kicking off tomorrow.

"We have again a gap in the physical security of a large scale, very predictable event," he told our presenter Matt Barbet.

"This is the Munich Security Conference... it has already some high-level meetings.

"There's always going to be large-scale demonstrations around the main event. So all of this was predictable.

That incident, he said, "all points to a perpetrator that acted as a single actor", rather than a "broader cell".

Police have been providing updates throughout today, with the bulk of information shared in a news conference this morning.

Here's what deputy police chief Christian Huber had to say about the incident:

With the Munich Security Conference kicking off tomorrow, international figures are expected to arrive today.

JD Vance, the US vice president, has touched down in the past few minutes.

In an earlier update, Bavaria's interior minister said they do not believe there is a connection between the incident in Munich today - which authorities say they suspect was an attack - and the conference.

That event is being held about a mile away from the scene of the incident in central Munich.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr ZelenAG百家乐在线官网y is also expected to arrive in the city later today.

Today's incident in Munich - described as a suspected attack by authorities - is the latest to cause serious injury or death in Germany over the past few months.

The incidents have fuelled the heated debate over migration and security in Germany ahead of the election later this month, with the far-right AfD party surging in the polls.

Three weeks ago, a two-year-old boy and a man were killed in a knife attack in Aschaffenburg, which is also in the state of Bavaria.

An Afghan whose asylum application was rejected was the suspect in that attack. 

And in December last year, a car rammed into a Christmas market in Magdeburg, killing six people and injuring more than 200.

On that occasion, the suspect was a Saudi doctor who had previously come to the attention of various regional authorities.

It later emerged the suspect, who had lived in Germany for 18 years, had criticised Islam and expressed sympathy for the far right in past social media posts.

A far-right protest was held in the city after the attack.

There have been a flurry of updates since reports first came in of a car driven into a group of people in Munich this morning.

If you're just joining us, or you just want a recap of developments so far, here's a summary of the situation.

First, here's what we do know:

• Police believe the incident was an attack, with at least 28 people injured - two seriously - at a demonstration in central Munich;
• The city's mayor said children are among those who've been hurt;
• A Mini Cooper approached a police vehicle that was following the demonstration, and then sped up towards the group, police say;
• Police say the suspect is a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker;
• According to the region's interior minister, the suspect was known to police in relation to drug and theft incidents;
• Officers fired a shot at the car "during the arrest";
• It is not thought the incident is connected to the Munich Security Conference kicking off tomorrow;
• Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the perpetrator "must be punished" and cannot assume he will stay in the country.

While the picture has become more clear over the course of today, there are still some questions that have gone unanswered:

• The suspect's motivation is unknown, and police have not declared this a terror incident;
• His name has not been released;
• The conditions of the victims is not totally clear - while police say two have been seriously hurt, the region's premier said some have been seriously hurt and some "critically".

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has condemned this morning's incident as a "terrible attack", warning the perpetrator "must be punished and he must leave the country".

A 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker has been arrested in connection with the "suspected attack".

"It is very important for me to get the message across that anyone who commits crimes in Germany will not only be severely punished and sent to prison, they must also expect that they will not be able to continue their stay in Germany," Scholz said.

"That's why I managed to get the government I lead to resume and carry out repatriations to Afghanistan, despite the lack of diplomatic relations," he said.

He added: "We have already organized such a flight with criminals ... We are also in the process of doing this in other cases. And not just once, but on an ongoing basis.

"This perpetrator cannot count on any leniency, he must be punished and he must leave the country." 

For context: In August, Germany said it was resuming flights for convicted criminals of Afghan nationality to their home country.

That came days before a regional election, in which immigration was a major campaign issue.

With national elections this month, immigration is once again a major talking point, with far-right party AfD doing well in polls.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to speak at a news conference shortly.

You can watch along in the live stream above - we will also post updates here.