Scholz was booed during his trip to Magdeburg after the terrorist attack

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and German Interior Minister Nancy Feather were booed on Saturday, December 21, during their visit to Magdeburg, where the previous day a car ran over a crowd of people at a Christmas fair. Images of the incident were published on social media.

They show the crowd lined up around the chancellor's car and booing the authorities, urging them to leave.

"Away! Away! Traitor! Go away!" - people shouted.

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

There are dead and wounded

The night before, a car crashed into a crowd of people at a fair in Magdeburg. The representative of the German government in the state of Saxony-Anhalt Matthias Schuppe called what happened 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.

The Prime Minister of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt Rainer Haseloff confirmed that five people were killed in the incident. More than 200 people were injured, the condition of many is assessed as extremely serious.

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 dead and injured. 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.