Germany confirms five deaths in Magdeburg accident

When a car collided with visitors of the Christmas fair in the German city of Magdeburg confirmed the death of five people. This was announced on December 21 by the Prime Minister of the German federal state of Saxony-Anhalt Rainer Haseloff.

"We have to mourn the deaths of five people and have more than 200 injured," he told reporters, the press approach was broadcast by Welt TV channel.

Haseloff also specified that the condition of many victims medics assessed as extremely serious.

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

There are dead and wounded

The previous evening at the fair in Magdeburg a car crashed into a crowd of people. The representative of the German government in the state of Saxony-Anhalt Matthias Schuppe called the incident a terrorist attack. Soon it became known about the detention of the suspect - a native of Saudi Arabia born in 1974. The police specified that he most likely acted alone. Information about the presence of an explosive device in his car was not confirmed. However, the media specified that drugs were found in the man's blood.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Polish President Andrzej Duda and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban expressed their condolences to the families of the victims. The Russian Embassy in Germany clarifies information about the presence of Russian citizens among the injured.

On December 21, Scholz, being at the site of the tragedy in Magdeburg, stated the importance of investigating the terrorist attack and preserving the unity of the nation in a difficult period.