By Juliette Picard
Published
December 21 at 10:28 a.m.,
updated December 21 at 10:29 a.m.
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The mayor of Magdeburg, Simone Borris announced that a celebration will be organized this Saturday in the main church of this town of 250,000 inhabitants damaged by a car-ramming attack the day before.
«I am deeply upset“, said Simone Borris. In front of the press, the mayor of Magdeburg in Germany burst into tears this Saturday, December 21 after the deadly car-ramming attack on a Christmas market the day before. The suspect, Taleb A., according to German media, was arrested Friday evening at the crime scene.
At least two people were killed and around sixty people injured according to authorities. “I could never have imagined that the city would be affected by such an event», Reacted Simone Borris to journalists.
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A memorial service
«We intend to organize together Saturday evening, at 7 p.m., an hour of commemoration», declared the mayor of Magdeburg. A memorial service will be organized in the main church of this town of 250,000 inhabitants, located on the territory of the former communist GDR.
The city center square dedicated to the Christmas market will be transformed into a place of meditation, where Chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected this Saturday. The first bouquets of flowers were left by passers-by, local media report.
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