Participants in a silent prayer stand with candles in the Cathedral Square Magdeburg, Germany, Saturday Dec. 21, 2024 for the victims when a car drove into the crowds at the Christmas market on Friday. Sebastian Kahnert, killing five people, injuring 200 others and shaking the public’s sense of security at what would otherwise be a time of joy.
The driver, a 50-year-old doctor who immigrated from Saudi Arabia in 2006, surrendered to police at the scene. He’s being investigated for five counts of suspected murder and 205 counts of suspected attempted murder, prosecutor Horst Walter Nopens said at a news conference.People outside Magdeburg Cathedral follow a memorial service for victims of Friday’s Christmas Market attack, where a car drove into a crowd, in Magdeburg, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024.
He also accused German authorities of failing to do enough to combat what he referred to as the “Islamification of Europe.”The violence shocked Germany and Magdeburg, which is the capital of the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, bringing its mayor to the verge of tears and marring the . It led several other communities to cancel their weekend Christmas markets as a precaution and out of solidarity with Magdeburg’s loss. Berlin kept its many markets open but increased its police presence at them.
Police officers and police emergency vehicles are seen at the Christmas market in Magdeburg after a driver plowed into a busy Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024.
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