“As a result of a car hitting a crowd of people at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg, according to preliminary data, 60 to 80 people were injured. Source: Bild with reference to the rescue services of the city, “European Truth” reports. Details: As a result of the incident, according to the latest data, 60 to 80 people were injured.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
As a result of a car hitting a crowd of people at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg, according to preliminary data, 60 to 80 people were injured.
Source: Bild with reference to the rescue services of the city, reports “European Truth”
Details: As a result of the incident, according to the latest data, 60 to 80 people were injured. The Magdeburg police at the time of publication of the news confirmed the information about one dead person.
Rainer Haseloff, the head of the state government of Saxony-Anhalt, where Magdeburg is located, called the incident “a terrible event, especially now, on the eve of Christmas,” and announced that he was traveling to the city.
We will remind you that a car drove into a crowd of people in Magdeburg on the evening of Friday, December 20. After the incident, the fair was closed and people were asked to leave the city center.
The driver of the car that hit the car was detained, but his identity and motives have not been officially announced.
In recent years, terrorist attacks have occurred in Germany, during which attackers drove a car or van into a crowd of people – this often happened at Christmas markets, where many visitors gather.
Almost exactly eight years ago, on December 19, 2016, an Islamist terrorist drove a stolen truck into the Christmas market on Breitscheidplatz in Berlin. Then 12 people died, and more than 70 were injured.