Two dead, dozens injured as car ploughs into Christmas market in Germany
A car drove into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on Friday, killing at least two people, an adult and a toddler, and injuring at least 60 others, according to local authorities. The driver was arrested and identified as a Saudi doctor with a German residence permit. Read our liveblog to follow how the developments unfolded.
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A car plowed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday.
Two people were killed and 60 injured, according to Magdeburg local authorities.
The driver was arrested shortly after the incident. The suspect is a 50-year-old Saudi doctor who first came to Germany in 2006, said the interior minister for the state of Saxony-Anhalt.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said his thoughts were with the victims and their families, in a post on X.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)
