UPPERDATE: The Telegraph reports authorities are treating this incident as a Terror Attack and the Perp is a Saudi Doctor.
Update: Bild is reporting that the attacker is a Muslim born in Saudi Arabia
A car drove into a group of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, leaving at least one person dead and 20 people injured.
The driver of the car, reported to be a dark BMW, was arrested following the crash which took place at 7:04pm today, according to unidentified government officials in the state of Saxony-Anhalt who spoke to the dpa news agency.
Video footage too graphic to share appears to show the dark car careening into the dense crowd, leaving dozens of people lying on the floor.
No confirmation on the Perp just yet, but there is the suggestion it is a Muslim.
Car drives into crowd in German Christmas market ‘terror attack’
A car ploughed into a crowd at a German Christmas market on Friday, killing at least one person and leaving more than 20 wounded in a suspected terror attack.
The car crashed through barriers protecting the market in Magdeburg and drove straight into shoppers, eyewitnesses reported.
Video purportedly taken by a nearby camera showed a car mowing down pedestrians as it sped through a narrow alleyway with stalls on either side.
JUST IN: A vehicle just PLOWED into a Christmas Market in Germany at highway speeds, kılling at least 11 and injuring 60+
This is INSANE to watch.
The driver of the vehicle has been taken into custody.pic.twitter.com/yW9Zojg23W
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) December 20, 2024
Auf dem Magdeburger Weihnachtsmarkt hat es einen Anschlag gegeben.
Der Täter wurde festgenommen.#Magdeburg pic.twitter.com/3saEc4xDCZ— Ralf reicht's ❎ (@dingsda123) December 20, 2024
At least 3 dead Germans at the Christmas market in #Magdeburg after a man breaks through anti-terror bollards with his car and crashes into the crowd. Allegedly it’s a Syrian.
Has Germany had another terrorist attack at the end of 2024? pic.twitter.com/07kq0rmErK— Martin Sellner (@Martin_Sellner) December 20, 2024
This is a translation of the Bild.de account of the attack
No word on the Perp’s identity or motive of course.
h/t XC
