Four people were killed and 205 injured when a car collided with a crowd in Magdeburg, Germany

German police confirmed the death of four people when a car collided with a crowd at the Christmas fair in Magdeburg, another 205 people were injured. This was reported by the newspaper Bild on December 21.

"He (the driver - Ed.) killed four people, including a small child, and injured 205 people," - journalists reported with reference to the police.

It is specified that 41 people were seriously injured, another 86 victims are in hospital with serious injuries. Light injuries received 78 people.

About the collision of the car on the crowd in Germany was reported on December 20.

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

There are dead and wounded

The representative of the German government in the state of Saxony-Anhalt Matthias Schuppe called a terrorist attack on a crowd of people at the Christmas market. Later, Die Welt newspaper reported about the detention of a suspect. It was also reported about an unknown object in the back seat of the car, which experts believe may contain an explosive device.

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

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.