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. 

[quake]

Ah the religion of peace, love and harmony.

Showing there true tolerance.

R.I.P to the murdered.

 

[stevenl]

3 minutes ago, quake said:

Ah the religion of peace, love and harmony.

Showing there true tolerance.

R.I.P to the murdered.

 

Jumping to conclusions based on his name?

[Nick Carter icp]

13 minutes ago, stevenl said:

Apparently the guy was vehemently anti islam and a supporter of the AFD.

 

delete

[Bkk Brian]

8 minutes ago, stevenl said:

Jumping to conclusions based on his name?

Spreading unverified information that could well be wrong.....................& without a credible link

 

18 minutes ago, stevenl said:

Apparently the guy was vehemently anti islam and a supporter of the AFD.

A Christmas market full of people, most of them Christian no doubt. 

[quake]

Just now, stevenl said:

Jumping to conclusions based on his name?

 

Yes,  ok mate.

A guy from Saudi Arabia, its been called a terror attack,  what do you think. sherlock.

 

[OneManShow]

After several incidents still police not blocking (heavy blocks) Christmas markets to cars for such terrorists. 🤔😔

[soalbundy]

20 minutes ago, stevenl said:

Jumping to conclusions based on his name?

It has also been reported in Germany that explosives were found so he was probably going to increase the carnage.......one of the dead was a toddler, sad for the parents to have to look at the wrapped presents that will now never be excitedly unwrapped.

[quake]

Dam its gone.  

and rightly so. 

 

 

 

 

 

[Social Media]

A number of posts and replies have been removed all starting with claims by @stevenl that were not backed up with a credible link when asked and then a link provided did not back up the original claims.

 

In the news section please provide a link when asked, so it does not clutter the topic with unnecessary bickering.

 

Any alleged factual claims must be supported by a valid link to a mainstream media source.

[stevenl]

Same link as provided earlier. I presume bbc is a trusted source.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c1j08p44w9kt

 

"According to some German news reports, the suspect was not known to authorities as an Islamist extremist, while social media and posts online appear to suggest he had been critical of Islam"

 

 

[Fruit Trader]

The recent Wiki article has detail about Taleb al Abdulmohsen past in the suspect paragraphs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Magdeburg_car_attack
 

[Bkk Brian]

4 minutes ago, stevenl said:

Same link as provided earlier. I presume bbc is a trusted source.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c1j08p44w9kt

 

"According to some German news reports, the suspect was not known to authorities as an Islamist extremist, while social media and posts online appear to suggest he had been critical of Islam"

Thats not the only claims you made previously however. So according to social media posts, I wonder who wrote them, no link of course. By the trusted BBC and the next sentence being:

 

Investigators have not publicly outlined a potential motive but say they believe, for the moment, that the alleged perpetrator acted alone.

 

A large Christian event with a car ploughing into the crowds.

[Bkk Brian]

Seems to be a Christmas tradition:

 

Germany's Christmas markets targeted in terror attacks for more than 10 years

Germany's Christmas markets have been a target for attacks for nearly a decade.

This evening’s tragedy echoes the devastation seen in 2016 when a truck was driven through Berlin’s Christmas market by an Islamic extremist.

An HGV ploughed into a crowd of pedestrians on December 19 that year, leaving 13 dead and injuring dozens. 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14215517/Germanys-Christmas-markets-targeted-terror-attacks.html