Ramming car on a Christmas market in Magdeburg: at least 68 injured and two dead, including a child, first information on the suspect

The car drove into the crowd “for at least 400 meters through the Christmas market”, a Magdeburg police spokesperson told AFP.

The attacker was at the wheel of a black SUV which rammed security barriers, then zigzagged around the market grounds, according to testimonies from visitors on the local news site Volksstimme.

While trying to turn around, he was stopped by police officers, according to the same source.

Nadine, 32, was with her friend Marco in the market during the attack. “He was hit and carried away, it was horrible, he didn’t even scream,” she told the daily Bild.