Public broadcaster MDR said at least one person had been killed and quoted government spokesperson Matthias Schuppe as saying it was an "attack". The car, thought to have been a dark-coloured BMW, reportedly crashed through barriers protecting the market around 7:04pm and ploughed into shoppers in the eastern German city of Magdeburg. Video thought to be of the incident shows a car ploughing through shoppers surrounded by stalls on either side, leaving dozens of people on the floor.
The driver of the car was arrested, the German news agency dpa said, citing unidentified government officials in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. Footage posted on social media showed at least nine police cars at the site. Police said on X that "extensive operations" were underway at the market in the city centre, which is now closed.There was no immediate information on whether people were killed or injured.
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