Germany - Car Plows into Christmas Market in Magdeburg, Multiple Dead/Injured

[DS2021]

I can only see apart of that. Does it say 11 dead??

Bild: at least 11 dead in car ramming attack on Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany

 

[DS2021]

Germany latest: Mother of nine-year-old boy killed in Christmas market attack pays tribute

A 50-year-old suspect is being remanded in custody after five people were killed and more than 200 injured in a car-ramming attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg. Saudi Arabian sources say they repeatedly warned Germany about the suspect's "extremist" views.

news.sky.com

At least 11 people dead - reports​

At least 11 people have died following the attack at the Christmas market, the German newspaper Bild reports.

 

[Sarahlou]

I can only see apart of that. Does it say 11 dead??

This is what the tweet says:

Bild: at least 11 dead in car ramming attack on Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany

 

[PrairieWind]

Just unbelievable. I will never understand the desire of some to injure/kill innocent people like this. Gun/car/bomb, it doesn't matter.

 

[Sarahlou]

This says he is 50 years old and a doctor from Saudi Arabia

'Saudi suspect arrested after driving through German Xmas market

This is the moment a Saudi doctor who ploughed into a massive crowd at a German Christmas market, killing at least two and injuring nearly 70, was arrested.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[BrianJohnson]

This says he is 50 years old and a doctor from Saudi Arabia

'Saudi suspect arrested after driving through German Xmas market

This is the moment a Saudi doctor who ploughed into a massive crowd at a German Christmas market, killing at least two and injuring nearly 70, was arrested.

www.dailymail.co.uk

A doctor of all people, someone who has spent years of training and working to save lives ending up taking lives in a terrorist attack, what the hell is going on these days

 

[SouthAussie]

Too many of these attacks, they seem to happen on an almost annual basis, surely it is time authorities put up concrete bollards in areas where markets are taking place with not enough gaps to fit a car through or hold them in sports stadiums/arenas etc where a car could not make a difference

Apparently, many do.

Many Christmas markets, including the one on Breitscheid Platz in Berlin which was the target of the attack in 2016, have installed extra security including traffic bollards, in an attempt to prevent it from happening again.

Two killed and scores injured in Germany as car ploughs into crowd at Christmas market

Dark BMW reportedly drove into crowd in eastern German town of Magdeburg in what is being described as a terror attack

www.theguardian.com

 

[Arkay]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1870187089821671790

Heres the vid. It appears to be sped up

This says he is 50 years old and a doctor from Saudi Arabia

'Saudi suspect arrested after driving through German Xmas market

This is the moment a Saudi doctor who ploughed into a massive crowd at a German Christmas market, killing at least two and injuring nearly 70, was arrested.

www.dailymail.co.uk

A doctor of all people, someone who has spent years of training and working to save lives ending up taking lives in a terrorist attack, what the hell is going on these days

HOLY SHUCKS!!!!!!

I just saw this video….he rammed through the ENTIRE LENGTH of people???????

A doctor. What does that even mean anymore, when someone feels they are “called” to do this by their religion? (I speculate on the reason due to what has happened so frequently).

I swear I almost skipped this thread because a car running down people at a German Christmas market was, I thought, something from last year.

Fox News is saying there were “barricades,” but as of now they’re uncertain as to what type of barricades.

Clearly they didn’t work.


JMO

 

[MassGuy]

NEW: German authorities are treating the deadly incident at a Christmas market as terrorism, U.S. law enforcement sources told ABC News.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1870220980150247432

 

[MollyHarps]

Looks like a horrible potentially terrorist incident in Germany tonight

'At least 60-80' injured as car ploughs through German Xmas market

A car drove into a group of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, leaving at least 11 dead and between 60 and 80 people injured.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Magdeburg market attack: At least one dead and 68 injured after car drives into crowd at German Christmas market

Fifteen of the injured are in a serious condition as hospitals are preparing for a mass casualty event.

www.bbc.co.uk

The death toll keeps rising it - according to Daily Mail 11 now confirmed dead including a toddler

Thoughts and prayers with Germany x

 

[DS2021]

https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/magdeburg-germany-christmas-market-deaths-12-20-24/index.html

 

[Warwick7]

Just unbelievable. I will never understand the desire of some to injure/kill innocent people like this. Gun/car/bomb, it doesn't matter.

We are living in a different world than what we grew up in.
People are crazy........

 

[kuromiiiilove]

Yet another heartbreaking reminder of the growing despair and unrest in the world. It’s chilling to see that there’s multiple bright and talented people in high profile cases right now, throwing their lives away in a moment of destruction. It feels like we’re slipping towards a dystopia, that people have less hope and are acting on that lack of hope for the future. I wonder if our global system is pushing people to their breaking point.

How do we create a world where people feel that their lives are worth living, and one where people don’t feel so hopeless to throw their lives away on these acts of violence?

All MOO.

 

[Chimera]

Too many of these attacks, they seem to happen on an almost annual basis, surely it is time authorities put up concrete bollards in areas where markets are taking place with not enough gaps to fit a car through or hold them in sports stadiums/arenas etc where a car could not make a difference

Bbm.
This ! ^^^^^

Early reports are saying more than one fatality (one is bad enough !), but not surprising.
The car looked like it was speeding excessively.
So sad at an outdoor festival where people were starting Christmas celebrations and buying gifts for loved ones and maybe having a hot cocoa and cookie snack.
Sickening if this was intentional and not a car malfunction.
The driver appeared to keep going so prob. intentional ?
Omo.

 

[MollyHarps]

Sorry @MassGuy I didn’t see your thread so created one - they’ve been merged now.

This is why I’ll never go to Christmas markets anymore (I haven’t for about 5 years) in the world we live in today I just don’t feel they are safe.

My thoughts are with the deceased families and my prayers are with those injured

 

[Dotta]

From my country's MSM:

"According to 'Die Welt',
he is from Saudi Arabia, born in 1974.
He was supposed to rent a car shortly before the attack.
He previously worked as a doctor and was not known to the services.
Luggage was found on the passenger seat."

RIP to the victims

Policja zatrzymała podejrzanego. Wiemy, skąd pochodzi

Co najmniej dwie osoby zginęły, a ponad 80 zostało rannych w ataku na jarmark bożonarodzeniowy w Magdeburgu, w środkowych Niemczech. Wiemy coraz więcej na temat tego, kim był sprawca.

wiadomosci.wp.pl

"Moment Magdeburg attack suspect, 50, from Saudi Arabia is arrested with explosive device in car."

'Saudi suspect arrested after driving through German Xmas market

This is the moment the a Saudi doctor who drove through a massive crowd at a German Christmas, killing at least 11 and injuring nearly 70 people, was arrested with an explosive device.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Deleted member 350315]

From my country's MSM:

"According to 'Die Welt',
he is from Saudi Arabia, born in 1974.
He was supposed to rent a car shortly before the attack.
He previously worked as a doctor and was not known to the services.
Luggage was found on the passenger seat."

RIP to the victims

Not just a doctor, he was a PSYCHIATRIST (talk about a lack of self-awareness) and according to the Daily Mail and other sources, there was also a suspected explosive device in the car.

 

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[seasideForest]

The death toll keeps rising it - according to Daily Mail 11 now confirmed dead including a toddler

Thoughts and prayers with Germany x

I'm not sure where the 11 confirmed dead is coming from? I live in Germany and everywhere I've checked says 2 confirmed dead including a toddler. Except maybe Bild but Bild is gutter press, and I can't access it anyway.

The death toll may well rise because so many people are injured, unfortunately.

 

[Lucy6226]

After seeing the video and the way the car literally ploughed through so many people I'm expecting double figure deaths. It will be a miracle if not. However, seeing the reports of an explosive device in the car, the dead and injured could have been much higher. Thankfully it didn't go off. Horrific non the less and awful just days away from Christmas

As a side note, I noted after the rise of such attacks my local Christmas Markets (UK) installed huge concrete barriers, narrowed the walk ways and increased police presence. I hope any further markets held in the next few days will take extra precautions