The city of Magdeburg, population 240,000, used to be part of Communist East Germany. The year’s Christmas market is in the old market square, just in front of City Hall.

Germany also banned knives at Christmas markets this year, after a deadly knife attack at a festival in August. Offenders now face a fine of up to 10,000 euros (more than $10,400).

The country was subject to a prior holiday tragedy after a man drove a truck into a Christmas market crowd in Berlin in 2019. It was the deadliest Islamic terrorist attack in the country to date.

At least 5 dead, 200 injured in German Christmas market car attack 02:29. Germans on Saturday mourned the death of at least five people – including a 9-year-old – who were killed, and at least ...

MAGDEBURG, Germany — Germans on Saturday mourned the victims of an apparent attack in which authorities say a doctor drove into a busy outdoor Christmas market, killing five people, injuring 200 ...

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A car plowed into people at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on Friday, injuring multiple victims and sending many ...

Germany Christmas market attack: what we know about the suspect. By Reuters. December 23, 2024 1:39 PM UTC Updated December 23, 2024 ... BERLIN, Dec 23 (Reuters) ...

The Saudi doctor arrested for the depraved and deadly car attack on a Christmas market in Germany has been identified as an anti-Islam activist, according to reports.. The man — Taleb A ...

More than 200 people were injured, many seriously, when a Saudi doctor intentionally drove a black BMW into a busy Magdeburg, Germany, Christmas market Friday evening.

People have lit candles at the Christmas Market in Magdeburg, Germany on Saturday evening , Dec. 21, 2024, where a car drove into a crowd on Friday evening, . Credit: AP/Michael Probst ...

Death toll in attack on Christmas market in Germany rises to 5 and more than 200 injured There were still no answers Saturday as to what motivated the man to drive his black BMW into a crowd in ...