Attack in Magdeburg: Police: We continue to assume that it was a lone perpetrator – searches

After the death trip through the Magdeburg Christmas market, investigators continue to assume that the perpetrator was a lone perpetrator. Indications that a second, possibly relevant car was seen in the city center have not been confirmed, said the police on X with. The operational measures are continuing, including searches, it said. A spokeswoman said a search was underway in Bernburg. She did not give any details. “We currently have no evidence of accomplices.”

Suspected attack in Magdeburg:
Hit in the heart

On Friday evening a car drove through the Christmas market Magdeburgat least two people died, an adult and a small child. The police spoke of 15 seriously injured people. The arrested suspect is said to be a doctor from Bernburg who comes from Saudi Arabia. According to Saxony-Anhalt's Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff (CDU), the perpetrator drove into the crowd in a rental car.

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