Christmas market attack

Dec 16, 2024 3:30pm ET A car drove into a crowd of people at a Christmas market in the central German city of Magdeburg on Friday night. At least one person was killed, according to German media reports. Multiple people were reportedly injured. Police have taken the driver into custody, according to local government sources cited by Germany's dpa news agency. Authorities have closed the Christmas market and emergency services are at the scene.The premier of the state of Saxony-Anhalt, Reiner Haseloff, is on his way to Magdeburg, public broadcaster MDR reported. The broadcaster also cited a spokesman for the state government as describing the incident as an attack. Magdeburg, a city west of Berlin, is the state capital of Saxony-Anhalt and is home to around 240,000 people.

"This person had 40,000 followers on twitter, and wasn't picked up by the security services after tweeting threats." German security services "have huge questions to answer" after the alleged Magdeburg attacker had warned "German citizens will pay", says James Jackson, reporting from Germany. Dec 21, 2024 10 am ET

German protesters chant: :"Anyone who doesn't love Germany, should leave Germany!" Thousands gathered in a candlelight march in Magdeburg following the Christmas market terror attack that cost 5 lives and left 200 wounded. 5:17 PM · Dec 21, 2024

Scholz visits site of Christmas market attack that killed at least 5 and injured over 200 Dec 21, 2024 10:15AM ET