In the German city of Magdeburg, a car drove into a crowd at a Christmas market on the evening of December 20. Many people were injured and some died as a result of the incident.
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- A speeding car driver committed a terrorist attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, causing numerous injuries and reported deaths.
- Eyewitnesses describe the car driving at high speed into the crowd, leading to chaos and panic as people ran away.
- Organizers closed the Christmas market immediately, urging residents to leave the city center, while authorities detained the driver, a native of Syria.
- Rescue services reported between 60 and 80 people injured and some sources cited 11 deaths, labeling the incident as a terrorist attack by regional government spokesman Matthias Schuppe.
- In a separate incident, a suicide bomber killed at least 25 people at a railway station in Quetta, Pakistan, highlighting the prevalence of terrorism and its devastating impact on innocent lives.
Driver carried out terrorist attack at Christmas market in Magdeburg
According to eyewitnesses, the car drove at high speed into the crowd in the direction of Magdeburg Town Hall. People ran away in panic.
The fair was then closed. Organizers urged local residents to leave the city center.
According to Bild, 20 people were injured in the incident. The media also reported deaths.
Regional government spokesman Matthias Schuppe said the attack was a terrorist attack.
Later, according to the Magdeburg rescue service, between 60 and 80 people were injured as a result of driving into a crowd at the Christmas market.
Some media outlets report that 11 people died.
The driver who carried out the terrorist attack has been detained. It is initially known that he is from Syria.
What is known about the deadly terrorist attack in Pakistan?
A suicide bomber blew himself up at a railway station in southwestern Pakistan, killing at least 25 people.
According to Pakistani police, a terrorist blew himself up on the platform of the main railway station in the city of Quetta at approximately 9 a.m. local time.
At this time, there were a large number of people on the platform waiting for a train to the city of Rawalpindi, the capital of Balochistan province.
