11 killed, roughly 80 injured in Magdeburg Christmas market attack
A rental car drove into a crowd at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg. According to preliminary information, at least 11 people were killed and roughly 80 others were injured. So far, two deaths have been officially confirmed, TASS reported.
The driver has been detained. Authorities of the state of Saxony-Anhalt and Magdeburg have classified the attack as a terrorist act.
The attack took place where lots of families with children attended the market at 9:04 p.m. Moscow time (6:04 p.m. GMT), Der Spiegel reported.
A dark BMW plowed into the crowd. The driver was arrested at the scene.
According to Bild, at least 11 people died and roughly 80 others were injured. Officials have so far confirmed the death of two people, including a toddler.
🚨 Attaque au marché de Noël de Magdebourg : vidéo de l’interpellation.
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Attack on Magdeburg Christmas markets in Germany. Numerous victims and injured. pic.twitter.com/4HqZvdBzmI
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Regional government spokesperson Matthias Schuppe said the attack is believed to be a terrorist act. Magdeburg officials, too, view the incident as a terrorist attack.
The suspect is a Saudi national born in 1974, Welt reported. He used a rental car for the attack.
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Earlier, it was reported that two people - a man and a woman - died in the partial collapse of a hotel in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district of southwestern Germany.
