Attack in Magdeburg, cars into crowds at Christmas markets: at least 11 dead and 60 injured

Terrorist attack in Magdeburg in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. The spokesperson of the local government, Matthias Schuppe, quoted by Bild, reported that a man jumped behind the wheel of a car, a dark BMW, just after 7pm among the Christmas stalls in the town hall square. In a video circulating on social media you can see a car plowing into the crowd at full speed, traveling about 400 metres, reaching the end of the road and then turning. Other videos show people on the ground being rescued by those present. According to Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani “from the images it looks like an attack”.

The suspected attacker has been arrested: he is a man born in 1974 in Saudi Arabia, he reports The world. He is a doctor and works in Bernburg. The car would have been rented shortly before. According to Welt, a piece of luggage was found in the passenger seat. It is unclear whether there may be an explosive device inside.

According to the latest news, the toll would be at least one dead and dozens injured. According to the Bildthe injured would be between 60 and 80: the hospitals in the city, about 80 kilometers away, are preparing to welcome the injured. Several people injured when car hit Christmas market in Magdeburg they are treated by paramedics in front of the market stalls. This was written by the Dpa agency, whose reporter on site reported that tents have also been set up where the injured can receive treatment. The market was closed and tram services in the city were also suspended. Emergency vehicles have occupied the entire market area, the German agency writes again.

“We are following minute by minute and from the images we have it seems like an attack” says the Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani, questioned by journalists in Transatlantico, in Montecitorio, about what happened in Magdeburg, Germany. «It seems there are eleven dead and sixty injured, but this is an approximate figurewe have to wait for official news.” At the moment there are no Italians involved in the attack on the Magdeburg Christmas market but checks continue. The number of deaths is still unclear, in the evening the mayor of Magedeburg, Regina Dolores Stieler-Hinz, spoke of one dead and 15 injured, with the balance updated to two in the evening: an adult and a child.

“This is very sad news from Magdeburg, my thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones, I thank all the rescue services who are taking care of the injured” is what Friedrich Merz, the CDU candidate for chancellor in the next German elections, wrote on X.

Almost eight years ago, on December 19, 2016, an Islamist terrorist deliberately crashed a truck into a Christmas market in central Berlin, killing 13 people and injuring more than 70. The attacker then managed to escape into Italy, where he was shot dead by the police.

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