The crash of a car into a crowded Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, has renewed safety concerns and is reminiscent of previous attacks on Christmas markets across Europe, such as those in Berlin, Strasbourg and other cities, in the past few years.
And Car crashed into a crowded Christmas market on Friday At least five people died and more than 200 were injured in the incident that took place outdoors in the eastern German city of Magdeburg.
Similar attacks also targeted Christmas markets In other cities, including the 2018 attack in Strasbourg, France, in which five people died and many others were injured, as well as incidents in Nantes, France, and other cities in Germany.
Keeping Christmas markets safe has been a growing concern since 2016, when an Islamic extremist drove a truck into a crowd. Berlin Christmas MarketIt caused the death of 13 people and the injury of dozens of others.
Christmas markets are popular in Germany, and it is estimated that the country hosts between 2,500 and 3,000 Christmas markets each year, held for about a month from the end of November until just after Christmas.
Chronology of the main attacks on Christmas markets in Europe:
Germany has recently witnessed a series of events. Islamist attack allegations with a knife. Three people were killed and eight others were injured in a stabbing attack at a western street festival in August. solingen.
Authorities detained a Syrian suspect in connection with the attack, which was later claimed by the Islamic State. In June, a police officer was killed in a stabbing attack in Mannheim, and an Afghan citizen was identified as the prime suspect.
