EBN- A German official said that two people were killed and others were injured, on Friday evening, in a ramming attack that targeted a Christmas market in the city of Magdeburg (northern Germany), and local authorities said that the suspect, a Saudi citizen, was arrested.
The governor of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt announced that a Saudi man was arrested after an “attack” in which he drove a car into a crowd at a Christmas market on Friday in the northern city of Magdeburg.
“We have arrested the perpetrator, a man from Saudi Arabia… a doctor who has been living in Germany since 2006,” Rainer Haseloff told reporters at the scene. “From what we know so far, he was a lone attacker, so we don’t think there is any further danger to the city.”
In other details about the identity of the suspect, the Bild newspaper said that he is a Saudi doctor, 50 years old, and had rented the car shortly before the attack was carried out. He is not known to be affiliated with any terrorist groups.
According to Bild, the attacking driver stormed the market and drove 400 meters inside the market, targeting the crowds.
German emergency services said between “60 and 80 people” were injured when a car rammed into visitors to the market. Emergency services said a number of the injured were in “serious” condition.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the Christmas market attack “raises the worst fears.
