Fan Mile Car Crash Injured Rises to 25

German police said Monday that the number of people injured when a car ploughed through the Fan Mile area for football World Cup supporters at the weekend had risen to 25 after more victims came forward.

A spokeswoman for the Berlin police said that four more people had reported slight injuries after a man drove his Volkswagen Polo Sunday afternoon through security barriers near the Brandenburg Gate and into the crowd.

Twenty other adults had minor wounds while an 11-year-old boy suffered a concussion.

The driver, a 33-year-old German of Indian origin, was arrested at gunpoint after his car crashed into a fence in front of a stage set up for a classical music concert that evening at the central Berlin landmark.

He is facing charges of attempted homicide.

A 55-year-old woman in the passenger seat was also detained but later released.

Witnesses said he was driving about 50 kilometers/hour (30 miles/hour) and appeared to have intentionally careered into the crowd.

The Fan Mile has attracted hundreds of thousands of fans for each of the World Cup matches broadcast on giant screens. But the crowd was thinner Sunday because no game was on.

After the incident, police evacuated a part of the Fan Mile as well as surrounding buildings while they searched the car for explosives. None were found.

"Those responsible for security will try to do everything they can to ensure everyone's safety," Berlin interior affairs minister Eberhard Körting said.

The World Cup organizers said the incident was "highly regrettable", but said the Berlin city authorities were responsible for the security of the area. "We do not believe that this could happen again, it was an individual case," said organizing committee spokesman Gerd Graus.