Police vans and ambulances stand next to the annual Christmas market in the city center after a car plowed into the Christmas market on December 20, 2024 in Magdeburg, Germany.BERLIN — 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. Magdeburg’s University Hospital said it was taking care of 10 to 20 patients but was preparing for more, dpa reported.
“This is a terrible event, particularly now in the days before Christmas,” Saxony-Anhalt governor Reiner Haseloff said. Haseloff told dpa that he was on his way to Magdeburg but couldn’t immediately give any information on victims or what was behind the incident.