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Driver Rams Christmas Market in Germany, Killing at Least 2, 65 injured, 14 severely injured
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/world/europe/germany-christmas-market-crash.htmlDriver Rams Christmas Market in Germany, Killing at Least 2 and Injuring Dozens
Video showed a car plowing into a large crowd in the city of Magdeburg. The driver, identified as a 50-year-old Saudi Arabian citizen who worked as a doctor, was arrested.
A driver plowed a vehicle into a Christmas market in the city of Magdeburg in central Germany on Friday evening, killing at least two people — an adult and a small child — and injuring dozens of others, the state governor said.
The driver, identified as a 50-year-old Saudi Arabian citizen, was arrested, the authorities said. He first came to Germany in 2006 and worked as a doctor in a small town 25 miles to the south of Magdeburg, officials said.
More than 65 people were injured, 14 of them severely, said Michael Reif, the spokesman for the city of Magdeburg. Mr. Reif and a regional government spokesman, Matthias Schuppe, both said they suspected the episode had been an attack, according to the German public broadcaster.