Car plows into Christmas market in Germany, killing at least 5 and injuring 200
MUNICH Five people have been killed in a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in eastern Germany, according to German officials on Saturday. More than 200 people have been injured, including dozens who are critically hurt.
Shoppers had congregated Friday night in Magdeburg, a city of roughly 240,000 people west of Berlin, when the automobile crashed 1200 feet onto a crowd in a small alley.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told reporters from Magdeburg that this is a horrible, awful tragedy and that we should be very concerned about the approximately 40 individuals who are gravely hurt.
He went on to say that in order to respond with the appropriate criminal and other repercussions, we must comprehend the offender and his motivations.
Reiner Haseloff, the premier of Saxony-Anhalt state, ...