Car plows into Christmas market in Magdeburg Germany up to 80 injured

Looks like at least one dead, quite possibly more.

The rumor mill has gone fully political, which is very bad timing... given elections coming in February, and the topic of heated debate.
 
According to emergency services, who have set up tents to immediately treat victims, several people were 'severely' injured.

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.

Within seconds, countless revellers can be see fleeing for their lives in the wake of the crash. Separate footage showed children crying loudly as several small crowds of people formed over those injured in the crash, in apparent attempts to help them.

One man who spoke to German newspaper Mitteldeutsche Zeitung said the Christmas market has turned to 'war-like conditions', while another eyewitness told the newspaper that there were countless families in the 'fairytale area' of the market when the car crashed through the crowd.

Local police said on X that 'extensive police operations are currently taking place', adding that further reports will be made shortly.

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. A spokesperson in the city said that all hospitals are 'preparing for a mass casualty event.'

Neighbouring cities, including Halle, around 50 miles from Magdeburg, are preparing its hospitals to take on victims.
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Robert Habeck, Germany's vice-chancellor, said in a post to X: 'What terrible news from Magdeburg, where people wanted to spend the Advent season in peace and community.

'My thoughts are with the victims and their families. I thank all the emergency services on site who are doing everything they can to help and to clarify the background.'

CDU candidate for chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) wrote on X: 'This is very depressing news from Magdeburg. My thoughts are with the victims and their families. I thank all emergency services who are caring for the injured on site.'

AfD leader Alice Weidel, meanwhile, wrote on the platform: 'The images from Magdeburg are shocking! My thoughts are with the bereaved and injured. When will this madness end?'

Magdeburg, which is west of Berlin, is the state capital of Saxony-Anhalt and has about 240,000 inhabitants.
 
The suspect of the attack has been named as psychiatrist Taleb A., a specialist in psychiatrist and psychotherapy. Spiegel reported that he was born in the Saudi Arabian city of Hofuf. He is said to have been a man from Saudi Arabia who was born in 1974, per Welt.

According to state leader Reiner Haselhoff, the man is a Saudi doctor who works in Saxony-Anhalt. He revealed that the terror attack, which has officially left two dead but local media reports has killed 11, was perpetrated by a 'lone' doctor 'who has been in Germany on a has a permanent residence permit since 2006.

'From what we currently know he was a lone attacker so we don't think there is any further danger for the city,' he added.

German broadcaster MDR reported that a suspected explosive device is currently sitting in the vehicle.

While official figures say that two people, including a toddler, have died, local media have put the death toll at 11.
 
Likely not to get to the real truth, as all manner of contradictory things about the guy... are coming out. The more intriguing ones are the guy was atheist; fled Saudi Arabia in 2006; hated Islam; was wanted by the Saudis for rape in 2006; Germany refused extradition due to death penalty; became German citizen in 2016; and of course... today was a false flag operation for some yet to be understood or determined reason.
 
Remy said:
This has happened before and it makes me so angry. These markets are lovely and should be an enjoyable, peaceful place to be. Such unnecessary tragedy.
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Yes, the authorities should have anticipated something like this and blocked off the road to traffic.
 
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