At least 2 dead and dozens injured after car drives into German Christmas market

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At least two people were killed and dozens were injured after a car plowed into a busy Magdeburg, Germany, Christmas market in a suspected attack.

State governor Reiner Haseloff told reporters that the suspect is a 50-year-old Saudi doctor who first came to Germany in 2006.A car plowed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, killing at least two people and injuring at least 68 others in what authorities suspect was an attack.

At least two people were killed and 68 were injured, including 15 who were hurt very seriously, according to government officials and the city government's website. It said 37 people had injuries of medium severity and 16 were lightly injured.“The pictures are terrible,” Reif said. “My information is that a car drove into the Christmas market visitors, but I can’t yet say from what direction and how far.

The car drove into the market at around 7 p.m., when it was busy with holiday shoppers looking forward to the weekend. 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.”

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