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 Saudi Arabian doctor was reportedly arrested after allegedly driving a car into a crowd at a Christmas market in Germany.
German news agency dpa is reporting that a car has driven into a group of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg.
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 ...
The possible motive of the arrested suspect, a 50-year-old psychiatrist from Saudi Arabia, remains unknown. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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.
The crime of exploding a cash machine to steal its contents had been on the rise in Germany, but police and legal authorities say effective coordination in 2024 has managed to reduce those incidences.
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.
German interior minister Nancy Faeser on Wednesday urged the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) not to exploit an attack on a Christmas market in.
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has warned the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party not to exploit the attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg. "To the AfD, I can only say: Any attempt to exploit such a terrible act and to abuse the suffering of the victims is despicable,
At least five people are dead and over 200 people have been injured, 40 critically, officials said. Latest updates.