The two people confirmed dead were an adult and a young child, but officials said other deaths could not be ruled out because 15 people were seriously injured.
At least 2 people died and 60 people were injured After a car plowed into a crowd at a busy outdoor Christmas market in the city Magdeburgin eastern Germany, as described by authorities intentional attack.
two dead Approved one adult and one child They were young, but officials said more deaths could not be ruled out because 15 people were seriously injured37 were moderately injured and 16 were slightly injured.
The driver was quickly detained at the scene The car crashed into the market around 19:00.While it’s jam-packed with Christmas shoppers. German news agency dpa published eyewitness footage showing the suspect being detained on the walkway in the middle of the street.
A nearby police officer pointed a gun at the man lying there and shouted at him. Other officers soon arrived to arrest the man. The suspect is a 50-year-old Saudi doctor who moved to Germany in 2006.As stated at the press conference by Tamara Zieschang, Minister of Internal Affairs of the state of Saxony-Anhalt. He said he was practicing medicine in Bernburg, about 40 kilometers south of Magdeburg.
“That’s the way it is, This is a lone writer, as far as we know there is no other danger to the city“Saxe-Anhalt Governor Reiner Haseloff told reporters: “Every human life has become a victim of terrorism. This attack is a terrible tragedy and one human life is too many.” The violent incident shocked the city, pushed the mayor to the brink of tears and tarnished a festive event that is part of a centuries-old German tradition. Other German cities to cancel Christmas markets for the weekend as a precautionary measure and in solidarity with the loss of Magdeburg.
The violent acts occurred in Magdeburg, a city of about 240,000 people located west of Berlin and the capital of Saxony-Anhalt. Friday night’s attack came eight years after an Islamist extremist drove a truck into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin. He killed 13 people and injured many others. The attacker died days later in a shootout in Italy.
christmas markets They are an important part of German culture An annual holiday tradition that has been kept alive since the Middle Ages and has been successfully exported to much of the Western world.
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said late last month: There were no concrete signs of danger for Christmas markets this year but it was wise to be careful. El Canciller Olaf Scholz Published on X: “My thoughts are with the victims and their families. We stand with them and the people of Magdeburg.”
President of the European Commission and NATO Secretary General also expressed his condolences to X. “My thoughts today are with the victims of the brutal and cowardly attack in Magdeburg. This act of violence must be investigated and punished in the most severe way.“Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wrote.
“Horrible scenes at the Magdeburg Christmas market” wrote NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. “NATO is on Germany’s side.” Magdeburg Mayor Simone Borris said authorities planned to hold a memorial service in the city’s cathedral on Saturday.
