Bloody Christmas: AMORAGE on Magdeburg Christmas Market demands life!

In a shocking incident on Friday evening, a black BMW SUV deliberately raced into a crowd at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt. Eleven deaths, including a toddler, and at least 60 injuries are registered. The driver, a man about 50-year-old from Saudi Arabia, was arrested when he tried to turn the vehicle. According to reports, the car would have driven about 400 meters through the crowd before the police could intervene. The first injured people were treated in the Magdeburg University Hospital, whereby it is prepared for an increase in the number of patients, since other injuries are provided in surrounding hospitals.
This tragic scene is reminiscent of the devastating attack in Berlin almost eight years ago when a terrorist drove to a Christmas market with a truck. After the incident, the Interior Minister Nancy Faeser was affected and promised that the security authorities would educate the background of the alleged attack, such as Voice.de reported.

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The Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt, Reiner Haseloff, was shaken by the tragedy and spoke of a "terrible event, especially now in the days before Christmas". He made his way to Magdeburg to get an idea of ​​the situation. The authorities enter the incident as an attack, emphasizing that the arrested suspect was not yet known as an Islamist, such as Today.at The emergency services are active In action to help the injured, and psychological support for relatives was also set up. Due to the incident, the city center of Magdeburg remains on alert, while the authorities are trying to find out further details and to determine the reasons for this horrific attack.