German party "Homeland" held a demonstration because of the terrorist attack in Magdeburg

The German Homeland Party (Die Heimat) organized and held a demonstration at Hasselbachplatz on December 21 because of the terrorist attack in Magdeburg.

"The blame lies with the policies that Angela Merkel has pursued, with the leftists from the SPD, who in principle should respond to such things, just let them pass. Neither the Bundestag, no one voted against it," a local resident told Izvestia.

The press service of the party in a message on the social network X (former Twitter) noted that about 1.5 thousand people took part in the rally and mourning march in memory of the victims.

Calls for citizens to come to the demonstration published in the social network Instagram (owned by the corporation Meta, which is recognized as extremist and banned in Russia) the day before, December 20.

"Tomorrow (Saturday, December 21) it is necessary to send a signal against the terrorist attack in Magdeburg and the cowardly murder of innocent citizens. We will no longer tolerate this anti-people policy," the party said.

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

There are dead and wounded

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

At the same time, residents of Magdeburg in a conversation with Izvestia criticized the policy of Scholz and the government of the country. According to a German citizen, there are no polls in Germany and the possibility of holding referendums at the federal level to stop Scholz or dictatorship in the country. Also Germans reported a desire for peaceful relations with Russia.

On the evening of December 20, 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.