Horror scene in Germany. A car drove into the crowd at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, northern Germany, this Friday evening. According to German media, between 60 and 80 people were injured. Witnesses report several deaths, some local media announce.
A car crashed into a group of people at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, northern Germany, on Friday, causing “several serious injuries”, several media outlets and emergency services told AFP.
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Information to remember:
- A car drove into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, northern Germany.
- Between 60 and 80 injured according to the first emergency assessment.
- Regional authorities suspect “an attack”.
- The events in Magdeburg “suggest the worst”, says Olaf Scholz.
- A suspect arrested near the Christmas market is of Saudi origin, local police announce.
- The authorities report two deaths and around sixty injured.
The arrested suspect is a doctor of Saudi origin
The suspect in the alleged car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg, arrested at the scene, is a 50-year-old doctor from Saudi Arabia, local authorities said on Friday.
“We have arrested the perpetrator” of the attack and “he is a man from Saudi Arabia who works as a doctor here” in the Saxony-Anhalt region, said the head of the regional government, Reiner Haseloff, specifying that he had “acted alone”. The provisional toll from this attack was also recorded at two dead and 68 injured.
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The death toll from the alleged car-ramming attack in Magdeburg rises to two deaths
The authorities announce that the death toll from the alleged car-ramming attack on the Magdeburg Christmas market has risen to two deaths.
“France shares the pain of the German people,” says Macron
The President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, reacted on X after the events that occurred in Magdeburg, Germany. The head of state said he was “deeply shocked by the horror that struck the Magdeburg Christmas market this evening. France shares the pain of the German people and expresses its full solidarity.”
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At least one dead and 68 injured in Magdeburg
The car-ramming attack targeting the crowd at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg (north) left one dead and 68 injured, according to a new report provided Friday evening by the municipality.
Among them, there are 15 people “seriously injured, the others having suffered injuries of severity described as “medium” or “light”, affirmed the town hall, specifying “that a car drove at high speed into the crowd present on the Christmas market.
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Suspect arrested near Christmas market
A suspect was arrested in Germany after a car crashed into a crowd at a Christmas market on Friday in the city of Magdeburg, injuring more than 60 people, local police said.
No details were provided about this man. The car which drove into the crowd “for at least 400 meters through the Christmas market” is still on site, said a spokesperson for the Magdeburg police, while regional authorities consider the tragedy as an “attack “.
“My thoughts are with the victims’ loved ones,” says Christian Estrosi
The mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, a city affected by an attack on July 14, 2016 by a ram truck, denounced on X the horror which struck Germany this Friday evening: “Once again the horror. Christmas, our traditions, our roots, once again targeted in a heinous attack. My thoughts are with the victims' loved ones.
Events in Magdeburg “portend the worst”, says Olaf Scholz
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has expressed shock following the unfolding drama at a Christmas market in northern Germany where dozens of people were injured when a vehicle crashed into a crowd.
“The information coming from Magdeburg suggests the worst. My thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones. We are at their side and alongside the residents of Magdeburg. I thank the rescue teams involved in these hours of anguish”, he wrote on the social network
Regional authorities suspect “an attack” on the Christmas market
Regional authorities said they suspected an “attack” in Germany, at the Magdeburg Christmas market where dozens of people were injured on Friday after a car crashed into the crowd.
“We believe it is an attack,” a spokeswoman for the Saxony-Anhalt regional interior ministry told AFP.
Between 60 and 80 injured according to the first emergency assessment
According to the Bild newspaper, between 60 and 80 people were injured, while witnesses reported several deaths, according to the regional media Volksstimme. The authorities have not communicated an exact toll: “an incident” on the Christmas market, “involving a car” left “several seriously injured”, a spokesperson for the Magdeburg emergency services told AFP .
