Shock at the Christmas market: Motorist races in crowd in Magdeburg!
Shock at the Christmas market: Motorist races in crowd in Magdeburg!
In a shattering incident, a driver rushed into a crowd on Friday evening at the Christmas market in Magdeburg and caused numerous injuries. According to reports, the driver, a BMW, "at least 400 meters above the Christmas market", whereby eyewitnesses spoke of a chaos of voices and siren noises. The police confirmed the driver's arrest and examined the incident as a suspected attack, as the city administration expressed. The Christmas market, located on the old market near the town hall and a large shopping center, was immediately closed, while ambulances and paramedics provided the injured people, including many seriously injured people who were brought to the Magdeburg University Hospital.
political reactions and memories of previous tragedies
For the time being, politicians were shocked by the events. Chancellor Olaf Scholz used the platform X and explained: "The reports from Magdeburg give bad guys." He thanked the saving helpers and expressed his sympathy to the victims and their families. In a similar tone, Saxony-Anhalt commented on Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff as a "terrible event, especially now in the days before Christmas". Almost exactly eight years ago, a similar terrible incident occurred in Berlin when a terrorist raced to a Christmas market with a truck.The authorities are now calling for great vigilance on Christmas market visits, against the background of a generally high threat situation. While the exact background of today's incident is still unclear, further information is expected over time to be published in order to provide both the public and to ensure security, as confirmed by the police and the government spokesman.
For more information about the events at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, please contact the Kleine Zeitung and Cicero .
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