The AdG party has requested an emergency meeting of the Bundestag because of the terrorist attack in Magdeburg

The Alternative for Germany party (AdG) has called for an urgent meeting of the Bundestag because of the incident in Magdeburg. On December 21, AdG chancellor candidate Alice Weidel said on her social media page X (formerly Twitter).

"While politicians use the security apparatus to attack the opposition and critics of the government, they lack the resources and common sense to repel real threats. That is why the AdG demanded a special session of the Bundestag," Weidel said in the post.

She added that the incident was a failure of the authorities and therefore an urgent meeting was needed.

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, being at the site of the tragedy in Magdeburg, said the importance of investigating the terrorist attack and preserving the unity of the nation in a difficult period.

At the same time, it was reported that Scholz and Interior Minister Nancy Feather were booed during their visit to Magdeburg, where the day before at the Christmas fair a car ran over a crowd of people. 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 is clarifying information about the presence of Russian citizens among the injured.