Magdeburg: 2 dead, dozens injured in Christmas market attack
· DWSaxony-Anhalt State Premier Reiner Haseloff said police arrested a Saudi national thought to have driven a rental car into a crowd of people. Dozens were injured, some of them seriously, Haseloff said. DW has the latest.
- 2 killed, including a young child, and at least 60 injured as car plows into crowd at Magdeburg Christmas market
- Police arrested a suspect soon after
- The man is a Saudi citizen with permanent residency status in Germany who had been in the country since 2006
- Chancellor Olaf Scholz said his thoughts were with the victims and their families
- Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said she and Scholz would visit Magdeburg on Saturday