The horror in Germany. A car drove into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, a city in northern Germany. According to the authorities, it is a “suspected attack” and the provisional toll is extremely high: 11 dead and 60 injured.
The suspect, driving this BMW, was arrested by the German police services, for the moment his identity and his motivations are not known. “The car drove at high speed“shortly after 7 p.m.,”creating panic” according to initial information from the German media, relayed by our colleagues at BFMTV. And the first images are circulating on social networks…
First reaction from the German Chancellor
“My thoughts are with the victims and their families. We stand with you and with the people of Magdeburg. My thanks go to the dedicated first responders in these anxious hours“wrote Chancellor Olaf Scholz on his X account. Emergency services are indeed on site as close as possible to the victims”in tents” explains BFM TV.
Following his tweet, the German Chancellor said: “The information coming from Magdeburg suggests the worst.“A major security system is currently in place at the site and “the Christmas market in the city center is closed” German police declared on social networks.
The horror, eight years later
Dark hours for Germany, which inevitably recall the attack that the country experienced during the same period, eight years ago, on December 19, 2019. A terrorist attack took place at the Berlin Christmas market.
A truck had driven at full speed into the crowd, fleaving 12 dead and 48 injured.
