At least one person was killed and at least 60 others were injured at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, northeast Germany, after a car plowed into crowds. The incident is “probably an attack” according to authorities in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, said state government spokesman Matthias Schuppe.
Come in “60 and 80 people” were injured, a spokesperson for the local emergency services told AFP. According to these services, several of the injured were “seriously“. Local media reported several deaths. The driver of the car was arrested. Many ambulances and emergency services are present at the Christmas market site.
In a video posted on social networks, we see a car driving at very high speed between the wooden huts of the Christmas market and mowing down many people.
“Major police intervention measures are currently taking place at the Magdeburg Christmas market“, the local police commented on X. “The downtown Christmas market is closed. A report will be published later.“
The police of this city of around 250,000 inhabitants, capital of the state of Saxony-Anhalt, speak of a “importante intervention” underway at the Christmas market, according to a message on victim support systems.
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