Five people were killed and dozens injured after a car plowed into a crowd at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg on Friday.
A toddler was among those who died in the attack and the suspected driver has been arrested, the prime minister of Saxony-Anhalt state, Reiner Haseloff, said in a televised statement.
Haseloff also said that more than 200 people in total were injured, many seriously, when a Saudi doctor intentionally drove a black BMW into the market yesterday evening.
Footage from social media shows the gruesome moment a black car drove directly into the crowd at the busy Christmas market.BREAKING:
🇩🇪 🇸🇦 The Magdeburg terrorist was pro-israel and anti-islam, crazy development of the story
Taleb al AbdulMohsen, the terrorist in Magdeburg Christmas Market attack is pro-israel, anti-islam and reposted anti-Islamic posts extensively on his Twitter account.
Eight… pic.twitter.com/6IdkdqgIyz
— Megatron (@Megatron_ron) December 21, 2024
According to Haseloff, the suspected driver is a doctor from Saudi Arabia who works in Saxony-Anhalt and has lived in Germany since 2006.
The suspect is a 50-year-old man with a permanent residency permit, said Tamara Zieschang, the state’s interior minister.Additional Footage showing the Arrest of the Suspect who committed tonight’s Ramming Attack on a Christmas Market in the German City of Magdeburg.
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He had rented the car used in the alleged attack, according to Haseloff.
For its part, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Ministry condemned the attack, expressing solidarity with Germany and the families of the victims.
#Statement | The Foreign Ministry expresses the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's condemnation of the incident that took place in a market in the city of Magdeburg in the Federal Republic of Germany in which a car plowed into crowds, resulting in the death and injury of a number of… pic.twitter.com/Ozc85f0GpZ
— Foreign Ministry 🇸🇦 (@KSAmofaEN) December 21, 2024