A car drove into the crowd at the Magdeburg Christmas market in Germany this Friday evening, the human toll looks appalling.
Between “60 and 80 people” were injured when a car crashed into a Christmas market on Friday in the northern German city of Magdeburg, a spokesperson for the local emergency services told AFP.
The results at 10 p.m.
According to these services, several of the injured were “seriously” following this act involving “a car”. The German media Bild has so far reported at least 11 deaths and mentioned an attack, but the authorities have so far only given confirmation of one death. Around “fifteen” people were seriously injured.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reports on X that “the information coming from Madgeburg suggests the worst”.
The reports from Magdeburg suggest something bad.
My thoughts are with the victims and their families. We stand by your side and by the people of Magdeburg. My thanks go to the dedicated rescue workers in these anxious hours.
— Chancellor Olaf Scholz (@Federal Chancellor) https://twitter.com/Bundeskanzler/status/1870198262944158186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
A suspect arrested
German police indicated early in the evening on the social network The police communicated around 9:30 p.m. that a suspect was arrested near the Christmas market.
First report:
Extensive police operations are currently taking place at the Magdeburg Christmas market. The Christmas market in the city center is closed. It will be reported back.— Magdeburg Police (@Polizei_MD) https://twitter.com/Polizei_MD/status/1870184656928219209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Extremely violent videos, which have not yet been identified, are circulating on social networks. We see the recording of a video surveillance camera, and a car driving in a straight line without stopping into the crowd between the chalets. Dozens of people were knocked down and crushed. The car then fled without stopping.
