Shock at the Christmas market: After the amoking, there is deepest grief in Magdeburg

Shock at the Christmas market: After the amoking, there is deepest grief in Magdeburg

Enkplatz, Wien-Simmering, Österreich - The incident in Magdeburg on Friday the nation shaked. An Arab -born man raced with an SUV over the Christmas market on the old market and left a trace of terror. Five people died, around 200 were injured. This terrible amocran occurred only a few minutes before Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke to his sympathy. The Christmas mood in the city had disappeared abruptly, and many people were stunned, like Claus-Dieter Lösche, who observed what was going on, compared to the Redaktion network Germany

security questions in focus

While the shock waves of the attack crossed the city, the question of the safety of the Christmas markets arose. Matthias, who operated a childrest business in Magdeburg, criticized the security concept: "You can forget that," he said. The police had shown presence, but there were gaps in the security concept that the perpetrator could take advantage of. He was able to drive freely into the crowd at high speed, which apparently all without immediate intervention by the security forces. Experts such as Hans-Jakob Schindler, a terrorism expert, was also surprised by the extent of the attack and referred to serious defects in the physical security concept, so that the driver could penetrate through the safety precautions.

in Vienna-Simmering, on the other hand, caused a different incident: a heavily drunk man fiddled with a gas pistol on the local Christmas market and was quickly overwhelmed by the police. Despite the shattering events in Magdeburg, the general mood on the ChristkindlMärkten in Austria was nevertheless good, as the Krone . But here, too, the terrorist warning level remains with four out of five, and citizens are concerned about their security. The authorities have reinforced the security measures and the population has expressed their concerns about possible security gaps, while the Christmas season is in full swing.