Another Christmas attack in Germania: a car launched at breakneck speed hit dozens of people at Magdeburg market. The Central German Radiothe local public broadcaster of the German states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, was the first to spread the news. In 2016 they had been 12 people died in the Christmas market in Munich, with identical dynamics.
The toll, which is absolutely provisional, reports one dead and between 60 and 80 injured, but these numbers are likely to grow as the hours pass. The video, released on Furthermore, at the time of the incident, the market was closed. Sources of Dpa they report that the police have the driver was arrested. but there is still the utmost secrecy about his identity and the motive that led to the crazy gesture.
The area around the market was cordoned off and evacuated and the authorities invited citizens to find shelter as soon as possible and not to leave their homes. Reportedly the bomb squad have arrived on site and are searching the area for explosives in fear of an even more “composite” attack. The authorities immediately called what happened a “terrorist attack“
