Magdeburg officials reported 68 people injured in the hit-and-run accident
As a result of a car collision with a crowd at a Christmas fair in the German city of Magdeburg, 68 people were injured, including 15 people with serious injuries. The corresponding information was published on the website of the city administration.
"At present, operational services confirm the following figures: two dead, 15 seriously injured, 37 injured of medium severity, 16 lightly injured", - stated in the message.
Also in the administration said that one suspect in the crime is in custody.
At the scene of the incident are working 100 on-duty firefighters and 50 emergency workers.
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.
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