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Germany, cars on a Christmas market in Magdeburg. Witnesses: “Dead and injured”

A car hit some people at the Magdeburg Christmas market in Germany. It says so Central German Radiothe local public broadcaster of the German states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia quoting the spokesperson of the local regional government. There would be at least one dead and between 60 and 80 injured. Emergency services and firefighters are present on site. The driver of the vehicle was arrested.

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.

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