Starmer expressed solidarity with the people of Germany over the Magdeburg tragedy

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on December 20 expressed solidarity with the people of Germany in connection with the incident at the Christmas market in Magdeburg.

"I am horrified by the heinous attack this evening (December 20. - Ed.) in Magdeburg. My thoughts are with the victims, their families and all those affected. We stand in solidarity with the people of Germany," he wrote on the social network X (former Twitter).

What happened in Magdeburg: a car drove into the crowd at the Christmas fair

There are dead and wounded

About the collision of a car on the crowd at the Christmas fair in the city of Magdeburg in Germany became known on December 20. The newspaper Bild with reference to the rescue service indicated that the number of injured could be from 60 to 80 people. Later, the Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt Rainer Erich Haseloff ("Christian Democratic Union") said that at least two people, including a child, died in Magdeburg.

According to the MDR broadcaster, Matthias Schuppe, the German government representative in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, called the hit-and-run attack on a crowd of people at a Christmas market a terrorist attack. Later, Die Welt newspaper reported the arrest of a suspect in a hit-and-run attack on a crowd in Magdeburg. It also reported an unknown object in the back seat of the car, which experts believe may contain an explosive device.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed condolences to the families of the dead and injured. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Polish President Andrzej Duda also expressed their condolences.

The Russian Embassy in Germany is clarifying information about the presence of Russian citizens among the injured. The Bild newspaper reported that Scholz and Interior Minister Nancy Feather would arrive in Magdeburg on December 21.