Two killed and scores injured after car drives into German Christmas market

[CharlieH]

 

Scores of people were injured and at least two people, including a small child, were killed on Friday after a car ploughed into a crowd of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German town of Magdeburg, in what local officials are describing as a terror attack.

At least 68 other people were injured, including 15 who were left in a critical state, according to the city government.

 

In the attack, a black BMW drove straight into the crowd at the Christmas market, travelling at speed for 400 metres in the direction of the town hall, according to eyewitnesses cited by the broadcaster.

Videos posted on social media showed a dark-coloured car driving into the crowds at high speed. Several media outlets showed the videos in their coverage, but the authenticity of the footage has yet to be officially confirmed.

 

Emergency workers were seen treating victims on the ground at the market, surrounded by blood. Makeshift tents were erected at the site. Witnesses reported hearing cries and screams. The operator of a food stall on the market described the scenes as “reminiscent of a war”.

“This is a terrible event, particularly now in the days before Christmas,” Saxony-Anhalt’s leader Reiner Haseloff, who was on his way to Magdeburg, said.

The driver of the car was immediately arrested, and later identified as Taleb A., a 50-year-old medical doctor from Saudi Arabia. Haseloff said the man had been living in Germany since 2006. The suspect, a consultant for psychiatry and psychotherapy, was recognised as a refugee in 2016.

Footage from the scene showed the alleged perpetrator lying on the ground, his head raised, next to a badly damaged black car. A policeman metres from him is pointing a drawn weapon in his direction as passersby look on in shock.

 

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[herfiehandbag]

21 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

A policeman metres from him is pointing a drawn weapon in his direction as passersby look on in shock.

Should have slotted the bastard.

[mdr224]

Merkel is responsible for todays Germany. She was so bad that the far right is a viable option for a country that doesnt want anything to do with neo nazis

[KhunLA]

I saw that vid this early AM, when I woke up (3 AM 🙄) and amazed more people haven't died yet   

 

On RTnews, so didn't post.  Also on X if wanting to peek.

[Mr Meeseeks]

Another step towards the inevitable remigration of Islamic hordes from Western Europe.