Germany: Car drives into crowd at Magdeburg Christmas market

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.