Vehicle plows into crowded Christmas market in Germany, killing 2 and injuring dozens
According to authorities, a car crashed into a packed Christmas market in eastern Germany on Friday, killing at least two people, including a little kid, and injuring over 60 more.
The accused driver, a Saudi Arabian physician who resided in Germany, was taken into custody, according to Saxony-Anhalt Premier Reiner Haseloff.
He claimed that there was no continuous threat to the public and that the suspect acted alone. Given the severity of some of the injuries, Haseloff does not rule out more deaths.
One adult and one child are among the victims, according to Haseloff.
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According to Saxony-Anhalt's interior minister Tamara Zieschang, the 50-year-old suspect first arrived in Germany in 2006. According to Zieschang, he last practiced medicine at Bernburg, whic...