At least 1 killed and 50 injured after car drives into crowd at Christmas market in Germany

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Emergency services attend an incident at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, Friday Dec. 20, 2024.

At least 1 killed and 50 injured after car drives into crowd at Christmas market in Germany | CBC News LoadedThe deputy mayor of the Germany city of Magdeburg said Friday that at least one person was killed and dozens were injured after a car plowed into a busy Christmas market in what authorities suspect was an attack.The deputy mayor of the Germany city of Magdeburg said Friday that at least one person was killed and dozens were injured after a car plowed into a busy Christmas market.

Regional government spokesperson Matthias Schuppe and city spokesperson Michael Reif said they suspected it was a deliberate act. The sounds of sirens from first responders clashed with the market's holiday decorations, including ornaments, stars and leafy garland festooning the vendors' booths.The sounds of sirens from first responders clashed with the market's holiday decorations, including ornaments, stars and leafy garland festooning the vendors' booths.

Chancellor OIaf Scholz posted on X: "My thoughts are with the victims and their relatives. We stand beside them and beside the people of Magdeburg." The suspected attack came eight years after an attack on a Christmas market in Berlin. On Dec. 19, 2016, an Islamic extremist plowed through a crowded Christmas with a truck, killing 13 people and injuring dozens more. The attacker was killed days later in a shootout in Italy.

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