The far-right Alternative for Germany held a rally in the city on Monday ... driven through crowds at the Christmas market in the city in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. "To the AfD, I can only say: Any attempt to exploit such a terrible act and ...
More than 200 people were injured, many seriously, when a Saudi doctor intentionally drove a black BMW into a busy Magdeburg, Germany, Christmas market Friday evening.
A judge in Germany has ordered the suspect in the dedly Christmas market ramming attack to be held in pre-trial detention following a late-night court appearance on Saturday, according to a statement from police early Sunday.
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.
A Saudi Arabian doctor was reportedly arrested after allegedly driving a car into a crowd at a Christmas market in Germany.
The suspect is a 50-year-old Saudi doctor who moved to Germany in 2006, Tamara Zieschang, the interior minister for the state of Saxony-Anhalt, said at a news conference. He has been practicing medicine in Bernburg, about 40 kilometers (25 miles ...
A car has been driven into a crowd of people at a Christmas market in eastern Germany. German news agency dpa has reported that the vehicle was driven into a group of people at the market in Magdeburg on Friday.
At least five people are dead and over 200 people have been injured, 40 critically, officials said. Latest updates.
Among the dead was also a toddler along with an adult and the officials told Associated Press that the death toll may rise as some of the victims got seriously injured.
Of the injured, 15 are reported to be in critical condition, raising concerns that the death toll may increase; driver arrested
Authorities have identified the suspect as a Saudi doctor who arrived in Germany in 2006 and had received permanent residency. Police haven’t publicly named the suspect, in line with privacy rules, but some German news outlets have identified him as Taleb A. and reported that he was a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy.