Happened an hour ago so news are still trying to catch up.
Someone intentionally drove a car through people at a Christmas market in Magdeburg in Germany. Last I've read emergency services reported 1 dead and up to 80 people injured. They've caught the terrorist (unfortunately alive). He's allegedly a Syrian migrant but no official confirmation yet.
Edit: Latest news say at least 11 dead. Terrorist is supposedly from Saudi-Arabia. He rented the car shortly before the attack and drove 400m through the market.
Edit 2: The attacker targeted the children's fairy tale area of the market according to witnesses. He's allegedly 50 years old, worked at a local hospital and came to Germany in 2006. Police are currently raiding his home.
Happened an hour ago so news are still trying to catch up.
Someone intentionally drove a car through people at a Christmas market in Magdeburg in Germany. Last I've read emergency services reported 1 dead and up to 80 people injured. They've caught the terrorist (unfortunately alive).
He's allegedly a Syrian migrant but no official confirmation yet.Edit: Latest news say at least 11 dead. Terrorist is supposedly from Saudi-Arabia. He rented the car shortly before the attack and drove 400m through the market.
Edit 2: The attacker targeted the children's fairy tale area of the market according to witnesses. He's allegedly 50 years old, worked at a local hospital and came to Germany in 2006. Police are currently raiding his home.
I can't believe a car did this again. Someone stop these cars.
We're they foreign cars? Maybe we should close the borders to stop all these foreign cars from coming to Germany and killing innocent people.
Seriously though, perhaps this does raise some questions about erm, car hire, given that he allegedly hired the “weapon” only a short time beforehand…
Though I’m not entirely sure if “background checks for car hire” is the best idea either…