“A car drove into the Christmas market on the Old Market near the town hall and drove through the crowd for almost 400 meters despite security measures”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Among the victims of the attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg is a citizen of Ukraine born in 1972. She is in serious condition in one of the German clinics. The Embassy of Ukraine in Germany and our consuls are in contact with the clinic and provide the necessary assistance. We hope for the speedy recovery of our citizen,” the message reads.
Earlier, in the German city of Magdeburg, a car drove into the Christmas market on the Old Market near the town hall and drove through the crowd for almost 400 meters despite security measures.
The number of victims reached five people, more than 200 were injured.
On December 20, a car drove into a crowd of people at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany.
Later, it became known that the police detained the suspect in the attack on the guests of the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany – a 50-year-old native of Saudi Arabia. He moved to Germany in 2006, has a permanent residence permit, and worked as a doctor in Bernburg. An investigation is being conducted, which may be handled by the Prosecutor General’s Office.
This is not the first such case in Germany. At the end of 2016, a truck drove into a crowd at a Christmas market in Berlin. Then at least 12 people became victims, and about 50 more were injured.