Magdeburg Christmas Market chaos: Latest updates from scene of incident in Germany after car drives into crowd of people injuring at least 60 and killing 1
By FRANKIE ELLIOTT and PERKIN AMALARAJ
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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 between 60 and 80 people injured.
Reports suggest the driver of the car, reported to be a dark BMW, was arrested following the crash which took place at 7:04pm today.
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.
The Magdeburg Christmas market is located on the Old Market, directly next to Magdeburg Town Hall near the River Elbe, and was closed by organisers following the incident.
Organisers have also asked people to leave the city centre.
Follow below for the latest updates on this story….
Breaking:Perpetrator said to be from Saudi Arabia
German broadcaster Welt has reported that the perpetrator is a man from Saudi Arabia who was born in 1974.
He is said to have rented the dark BMW used in the attack, and left a piece of luggage in the passenger seat.
Breaking:Magdeburg hospitals preparing for ‘mass casualty event’
All hospitals in the German city of Magdeburg are “preparing for a mass casualty event”, a spokesperson has said.
PICTURED: Emergency services attend scene of fatal crash
Olaf Scholz: ‘My thoughts are with the victims’
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed his concern in a post to X, writing: ‘The reports from Magdeburg suggest something bad. My thoughts are with the victims and their families.’
Police: Car was driven ‘400m across the market’
Bild reported that the car was driven ‘at least 400m (1,300ft) across the Christmas market’, per a police spokesperson.
What we know so far
A car drove into a group of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg
The incident took place at 7.04pm local time on Friday
The driver of the car, reported to be a dark BMW, was arrested following the crash
At least one person is dead and between 60 and 80 people are injured.
Local police said on X that ‘extensive police operations are currently taking place’
German Christmas Market horror incident
Hello and welcome to the live blog on the German Christmas Market tragedy, which has seen at least 20 people injured and one person killed car drove into a group of people.
We will be providing all the latest updates from Madeburg throughout the night.
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Magdeburg Christmas Market chaos: Latest updates from scene of incident in Germany after car drives into crowd of people injuring at least 60 and killing 1
