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Watch live as police continue to patrol the scene of a deadly German Christmas market attack. A driver ploughed a car into a busy outdoor Christmas market in eastern Germany on Friday 20 December ...
A car plowed into people visiting a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on Friday, killing at least two people and injuring nearly 70 others, according to German officials. German authorities ...
MORE: At least 2 dead, nearly 70 injured when car plows into German Christmas market: Officials. The first emergency call came in at 7:02 p.m. local time and the driver was stopped within three ...
The city holds an annual Christmas market near the city hall and a large shopping center. [10] Christmas markets have previously been targeted by vehicle-ramming attacks, such as the 2016 attack in Berlin. [11] That attack, perpetrated by the Islamic State, killed 12 people and injured 56 others. [12]
A festive Christmas market in Eastern Germany erupted into chaos after a car was driven into a group of people in the city of Magdeburg on Friday in a suspected terrorist attack.. Five people were ...
MAGDEBURG, Germany, Dec. 20. 2024 — At least five people are killed and more than 200 injured when a car slams into a Christmas market in eastern Germany. The suspect, who was arrested, is a 50-year-old doctor originally from Saudi Arabia who had expressed anti-Muslim views and support for the far-right AFD party.
The Magdeburg Christmas market (German: Magdeburger Weihnachtsmarkt) is a Christmas market taking place annually in Magdeburg, Germany, at the Old Market Square . It is the largest Christmas market in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, [1] with more than two million annual visitors and over 125 Christmas stands. [2]
In preparation for the Christmas market 2018, the Breitscheidplatz square and its surrounding were fortified against further terrorist attacks. [ 164 ] [ 165 ] On the fourth anniversary in December 2020, a ceremony, which was attended by survivors and relatives of the victims, was held at the Breitscheidplatz to commemorate those killed in the ...