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Ukrainian woman in serious condition after attack on Magdeburg Christmas market

Ukrainian woman in serious condition after attack on Magdeburg Christmas market


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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