Magdeburg: 2 dead, dozens injured in Christmas market attack

· DW

Saxony-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