The site of the attack in Magdeburg on 20 December. Photo: Picture Alliance via Getty Images
A Ukrainian woman is among the injured at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg, where a car drove into a crowd of people; she is in serious condition.
Source: Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry
Quote: “Among the victims of the attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg is a Ukrainian citizen born in 1972.
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She is in a serious condition in a German hospital.”
Details: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted that the Ukrainian embassy in Germany and consuls are in touch with the clinic and are providing the necessary assistance.
Background:
- On the evening of 20 December, a man drove his car into a Christmas market in Magdeburg, the capital of Saxony-Anhalt federal land. Investigating authorities are currently assuming that the crime was committed by a lone criminal who has already been detained.
- According to the latest reports, the death toll from the attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg has risen to five, with more than 200 people injured; many of them are in serious condition.
- German media have established that the attack on visitors to the Magdeburg Christmas market was carried out by a Saudi Arabian who openly sympathised with the Alternative for Germany party.
- German prosecutors are currently investigating the incident at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, defining it as premeditated murder and attempted murder.
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