A nine-year-old and a toddler are among five people killed after a car drove into people at a busy Christmas market in Germany, according to authorities. More than 200 people were injured and 41 'severely injured' following the attack in Magdeburg on Friday night. The death toll is expected to rise following the tragedy, with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz saying nearly 40 of those were “so seriously injured that we must be very worried about them”. German media has identified the suspect as Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, a psychiatrist who lives in...

Four adults and nine-year-old child have been killed in a horrifying attack on a Christmas market in Germany. Officials confirmed that at least five people have died after a car rammed into a massive crowd of shoppers at a Christmas market in Magdeburg at around 7pm on December 20 with a dark BMW. At least 205 people have also been injured during the horrific massacre, while the suspect has also been arrested. Officials are now preparing to bring murder and attempted murder charges against the suspect, who remains in police...

Germany's interior minister Nancy Faeser said that she can now confirm that the suspect was an “Islamophobe”, reported Reuters. German authorities are investigating a 50-year-old Saudi doctor who has lived in Germany for almost two decades in connection with the car-ramming. The motive remained unclear. He has been named in German media as Taleb A. A Saudi source told Reuters that Saudi Arabia had warned German authorities about the attacker after he posted extremist views on his personal X account that threatened peace and security. "What a terrible act it...

Toddler among four dead in Magdeburg Christmas market attack More than 200 people are believed to have been injured after a car ploughed into a bustling Christmas market At least four people including a toddler have died and more than 200 are believed to have been injured after a car ploughed into a crowd at a bustling Christmas market in Germany. The horror incident took place on Friday evening at the Magdeburg market in Saxony-Anhalt, with current estimates indicating that at least 70 people are injured. Matthias Schuppe, a regional...

At least five people have been killed and dozens injured after a car ploughed in to a crowd at a German Christmas market on Friday evening. German media has reported more than 200 people were injured after the vehicle sped into a large group of Christmas revellers in the German city of Magdeburg at 7pm local time. The death toll could rise given the severity of some of the injuries, according to Reiner Haseloff, premier of the state of Saxony-Anhalt. At 7.04pm, in a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers,...

A driver plowed a car into a crowd of shoppers at a busy German Christmas market on Friday evening, killing at least four people and injuring at least 68 in a suspected deliberate attack. An extensive police operation is underway following the attack at the market in the German city of Magdeburg that happened at around 7 p.m. local time. Authorities confirmed that a toddler is among the dead, while local media reported on Saturday that 41 people are seriously injured. A 50-year-old doctor from Saudi Arabia was arrested on...

The first images have emerged of the car driven at high speed towards a crowd of revellers at a Christmas market on Friday, killing at least two people, as German police arrested a Saudi Arabian man over the deadly attack. One of the deceased is a young child, while 68 people were also injured in the incident, which happened in the city of Magdeburg, located about 130 kilometres (80 miles) southwest of Berlin. Photographs from the scene show the black BMW, with all doors open, heavily damaged on all sides...

The Associated Press (AP) was slammed by people on X and received a community note after saying that a car drove into a crowd at a Christmas market in Germany. In a post on X, the AP shared an article with the title, “At least 2 dead and 60 hurt after a car drives into a German Christmas market in a suspected attack.” “A car has driven into a group of people at a Christmas market in Germany,” the AP wrote in its post on X. As Breitbart News’s Kurt...

'Terrible tragedy': What we know after car rams Magdeburg, Germany Christmas market crowd A driver rammed a crowd of merrymakers at a Christmas market in a city in central Germany on Friday evening, leaving at least two people dead and 60 people injured, local officials said. The Christmas market is located the city of Magdeburg, the capital of Saxony-Anhalt, where people had gathered to celebrate the Christmas holidays. One of the dead was a young child, said Reiner Haseloff, premier of Saxony-Anhalt. "It's a terrible tragedy. It is a catastrophe...