A car hit some people at the Magdeburg Christmas market in Germany. According to local authorities, there were at least 2 dead and over 60 injured. The driver of the vehicle was arrested. Local authorities believe it was “probably an attack”, a local government spokesperson said.
The attack
According to eyewitness accounts, the attack on the Magdeburg Christmas market began at 7.04pm when a dark BMW drove into the crowd. He brings it back Bildadding that police are searching the cordoned off area of the Christmas market for explosives. Immediately after the attack, the city of Halle increased security measures for its Christmas market. Hospitals in the city, about 80 kilometers away, are preparing to welcome the wounded. He stated it Tobias Teschnerhead of the security department of the city of Halle.
The culprit of the attack has been arrested
The man who crashed into the Christmas market in Magdeburg while driving a car was said to be a doctor of Saudi origin born in 1974. He writes it Bild. According to security sources, the man, who was arrested, rented the vehicle shortly before the attack.
The photo of the arrested man was shown by the broadcaster Ntv. In the shot you can see a man lying on the ground with his hands tied and two police officers standing next to him.
The reactions
The events in Magdeburg “augur the worst”, said the German chancellor Olaf Scholz. “My thoughts go to the victims and their families. We are close to them and the citizens of Magdeburg. I thank the rescuers involved in these difficult hours,” he wrote in a message on X.
The president of the SPD Lars Klingbeil reacted with dismay to the attack on the Magdeburg Christmas market. “It's terrible,” he wrote on X, “I think of the many injured, the victims and their families. Thanks to the rescue and emergency services on site.”
“I am close to the German people and the families of the victims of the criminal attack in Magdeburg. I wish the wounded a speedy recovery. No surrender in the face of criminal violence. The Italian government on the front line against any type of terror,” he wrote on the Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani.
