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. Sixty eight people were hurt in the incident, which they are treating as an attack, and two people have been confirmed dead. At least 15 people were seriously injured, city authorities said.
Police said on X that "extensive operations" were underway at the market in the city centre, which is now closed.A second Christmas market in the city of Erfurt in central Germany was evacuated as a precaution. 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. Different footage shows onlookers trying to help those on the floor.
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