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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.
PHOTO: A car drives through the annual Christmas market in the city center, Dec. 20, 2024, in Magdeburg, Germany. (CCTV Video) MORE: At least 2 dead, nearly 70 injured when car plows into German ...
At 19:04 CET on 20 December 2024, a black BMW rental car, [12] reportedly rented shortly before the attack, [15] was driven into a crowd at high speed at a Christmas market in Magdeburg. [16] [17] The car traveled at least 400 meters (1,300 ft), according to police. [18] The driver of the vehicle was arrested at the Allee-Center tram stop. [19]
Rescuers hug next to the Christmas market on Dec. 20, 2024 in Magdeburg, eastern Germany. Where is Magdeburg, Germany? Magdeburg is a city of around 200,000 in central Germany.
December 21, 2024 at 1:01 PM. ... German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visits the site where a car drove into a crowd of a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on Saturday. - Axel Schmidt/Reuters
Terrorism in Germany. 2024 Magdeburg car attack. Five people are killed and over 200 others are injured in a vehicle-ramming attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany. The suspected perpetrator is arrested. Myanmar civil war. The Arakan Army claims to have captured the Tatmadaw's regional headquarters in Rakhine State, Myanmar.
One of the UK’s biggest Christmas markets said it has reviewed its security processes in the wake of the attack on a German Christmas market which left five people dead and more than 200 injured.
Christmas market in Merano, Italy. The first traces of Christmas markets in the German-speaking part of Europe and in many parts of the former Holy Roman Empire go back to late medieval sales fairs and—often one-day—markets, which gave citizens the opportunity to stock up on meat and winter necessities at the beginning of the cold season. [10]