News Formal

At least one dead after car ploughes into crowd at Christmas market in Germany

  • 📰 LBCNews
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 22 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 12%
  • Publisher: 59%

Sverige Nyheter Nyheter

Sverige Senaste nytt,Sverige Rubriker

At least one person has died and 20 more have been injured after a car ploughed into a crowd at a Christmas market in Germany.

Public broadcaster MDR said at least one person had been killed and quoted government spokesperson Matthias Schuppe as saying it was an "attack". 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. 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.

The driver of the car was arrested, the German news agency dpa said, citing unidentified government officials in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. Footage posted on social media showed at least nine police cars at the site. Police said on X that "extensive operations" were underway at the market in the city centre, which is now closed.There was no immediate information on whether people were killed or injured.

Vi har sammanfattat den här nyheten så att du kan läsa den snabbt. Om du är intresserad av nyheterna kan du läsa hela texten här. Läs mer:

 /  🏆 75. in SE
 

Tack för din kommentar. Din kommentar kommer att publiceras efter att ha granskats.

Sverige Senaste nytt, Sverige Rubriker

Similar News:Du kan också läsa nyheter som liknar den här som vi har samlat in från andra nyhetskällor.

Germany: At least one dead after car driven into people at Christmas marketAt least one person has been killed after a car was driven into a crowd at a Christmas market in Germany, local media reports.
Källa: SkyNews - 🏆 35. / 67 Läs mer »