Car plows into German Christmas market in suspected attack

Police and ambulances stand next to the Christmas market, where a car crashed into a crowd injuring between "60 and 80 people", according to a spokesman for the local rescue service, on December 20, 2024 in Magdeburg, eastern Germany. / Photo: AFP

A car has plowed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg, killing one person and injuring 50 in what authorities say was a suspected attack.reported, citing unidentified government officials in the state of Saxony-Anhalt on Friday. Regional government spokesperson Matthias Schuppe and city spokesperson Michael Reif said they suspected it was a deliberate act."The pictures are terrible," he said.

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." Magdeburg, which is west of Berlin, is the state capital of Saxony-Anhalt and has about 240,000 residents.Meine Gedanken sind bei den Opfern und ihren Angehörigen. Wir stehen an ihrer Seite und an der Seite der Magdeburgerinnen und Magdeburger. Mein Dank gilt den engagierten Rettungskräften in diesen bangen Stunden.The suspected attack came eight years after an attack on a Christmas market in Berlin. On Dec.

German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said late last month that there were no concrete indications of a danger to Christmas markets this year, but that it was wise to be vigilant.

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