{"id":4346,"date":"2024-12-21T01:43:11","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T01:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/?p=4346"},"modified":"2024-12-21T01:43:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T01:43:13","slug":"exclusivemagdeburg-christmas-market-car-attack-saudi-arabian-doctor-50-who-killed-at-least-two-is-an-ex-muslim-who-ranted-against-germany-for-islamising-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/archives\/4346","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVEMagdeburg Christmas market car attack: Saudi Arabian doctor, 50, who killed at least two is &lsquo;an ex-Muslim who ranted against Germany for Islamising Europe&rsquo;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-video-hero='\"true\"' data-platform='\"mol.web.desktop\"' data-reactroot='\"\"'>\n<div class='\"desktopApp--DmjwV' news data-channel-color='\"news\"'>\n<div class='\"videoLayout--Az7TN\"'>\n<div class='\"footer--p5cdn\"'>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>The perpetrator of the deadly\u00a0<span data-track-module='\"internal-body-link\"'>Christmas\u00a0market massacre that has left at least two dead and nearly 70 injured is an anti-Islam doctor who arrived in Germany in 2006 as a refugee from Saudi Arabia, MailOnline can reveal.\n<p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>The attack, carried out by 50-year-old psychologist\u00a0Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, saw him ram into a massive crowd at a Christmas market in\u00a0Magdeburg on December 20 with a dark BMW.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>Footage taken in the minutes after the crash, which happened at around 7pm, showed al-Abdulmohsen get arrested at gunpoint by German police.\n</p><div class='\"connatix-wrapper\"'>\n<div id='\"ias-a8362ce9-4565-4631-ad34-2e5f10335717\"' class='\"connatix-placeholder\"'>\n\n<p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>MailOnline can reveal that\u00a0al-Abdulmohsen,\u00a0a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy from the Saudi Arabian city of Hofuf, moved to Germany in 2006 and lives in Bernburg. He has been recognised as a refugee since 2016.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>Previous media reports suggest he had worked to help ex-Muslims, particularly women, to flee Saudi Arabia after turning their backs on the religion.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>Analysis of his social media reveals tweets in support of Germany&rsquo;s anti-immigration party AfD, while he has also made comments supporting\u00a0<span data-track-module='\"internal-body-link\"'>Elon Musk, far-right thug\u00a0<span data-track-module='\"internal-body-link\"'>Tommy Robinson\u00a0and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.\n<p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>No official motive for the attack has been identified by police.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>Authorities in Magdeburg say two people are dead, including a toddler, while 68 people were injured in the rampage, 15 of them seriously.\n</p><div class='\"artSplitter' mol-img-group>\n<div class='\"mol-img\"'>\n<div class='\"image-wrap' fff-pic>\n<p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' id='\"i-49e135d2219013ca\"' class='\"blkBorder' img-share src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/i.dailymail.co.uk%5C/1s%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/21%5C/00%5C/93372217-14215759-image-m-3_1734739442232.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Footage' taken in the minutes after crash which happened at around showed taleb al-abdulmohsen get arrested gunpoint by german police width='\"634\"' height='\"333\"' data-gallery-handler-attached='\"true\"'>\n</p><div class='\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"'><span class='\"plusSign-1IpQy\"'>+25\n<div class='\"viewGalleryText-2XMcO\"'>View gallery\n\n\n<p class='\"imageCaption\"'>Footage taken in the minutes after the crash, which happened at around 7pm, showed Taleb al-Abdulmohsen get arrested at gunpoint by German police (pictured)\n\n</p><div class='\"artSplitter' mol-img-group>\n<div class='\"mol-img\"'>\n<div class='\"image-wrap' fff-pic>\n<p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' id='\"i-cfac2b74e7008d41\"' class='\"blkBorder' img-share src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/i.dailymail.co.uk%5C/1s%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/20%5C/20%5C/93367091-14215355-image-m-17_1734728130208.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Bild' reported that the car was driven least across christmas market per a police spokesperson width='\"634\"' height='\"537\"' data-gallery-handler-attached='\"true\"'>\n</p><div class='\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"'><span class='\"plusSign-1IpQy\"'>+25\n<div class='\"viewGalleryText-2XMcO\"'>View gallery\n\n\n<p class='\"imageCaption\"'>Bild reported that the car was driven &lsquo;at least 400m (1,300ft) across the Christmas market&rsquo;, per a police spokesperson\n\n</p><div class='\"artSplitter' mol-img-group mol-hidden-caption>\n<div class='\"mol-img\"'>\n<div class='\"image-wrap' fff-pic>\n<p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' id='\"i-e6d5bad27b427a74\"' class='\"blkBorder' img-share src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/i.dailymail.co.uk%5C/1s%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/21%5C/00%5C/93372295-14215759-image-a-4_1734739620160.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"634\"' height='\"494\"' data-gallery-handler-attached='\"true\"'>\n</p><div class='\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"'><span class='\"plusSign-1IpQy\"'>+25\n<div class='\"viewGalleryText-2XMcO\"'>View gallery\n\n\n\n<div>\n<div class='\"mol-fe-related-replace' ccox data-track-module='\"related-replace\"'>\n<div class='\"related-replace-title' wocc>TRENDING\n<div class='\"related-replace-articles\"'>\n<div class='\"related-replace-image\"'><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/i.dailymail.co.uk%5C/1s%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/20%5C/23%5C/93369607-0-image-a-12_1734736163570.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"636\"' height='\"382\"'>\n<div class='\"related-replace-info\"'>\n<div class='\"related-replace-headline\"'>House passes government funding bill after Elon Musk drama\n<div class='\"related-replace-count-wrap\"'>\n<div class='\"related-replace-count' wocc>5.4k viewing now\n\n\n<div class='\"related-replace-image\"'><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/i.dailymail.co.uk%5C/1s%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/21%5C/01%5C/93373051-0-image-a-14_1734744277986.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"636\"' height='\"382\"'>\n<div class='\"related-replace-info\"'>\n<div class='\"related-replace-headline\"'>JonBenet Ramsey&rsquo;s father reveals breakthrough in hunt for killer\n<div class='\"related-replace-count-wrap\"'>\n<div class='\"related-replace-count' wocc>8.4k viewing now\n\n\n<div class='\"related-replace-image\"'><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/i.dailymail.co.uk%5C/1s%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/20%5C/20%5C/93367095-0-image-a-2_1734728049092.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"636\"' height='\"382\"'>\n<div class='\"related-replace-info\"'>\n<div class='\"related-replace-headline\"'>&lsquo;Saudi suspect arrested after driving through German Xmas market\n<div class='\"related-replace-count-wrap\"'>\n<div class='\"related-replace-count' wocc>5.5k viewing now\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>The account&rsquo;s bio reads: &lsquo;Saudi Military Opposition. Germany chases female Saudi asylum seekers, inside and outside Germany, to destroy their lives. Germany wants to islamize Europe.&rsquo;\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>Posts include retweets of graphic videos, including one of a young Muslim woman purportedly being stoned to death &lsquo;because she had an affair with a young man outside of marriage.&rsquo;\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>Another was a retweet of a post that simply read: &lsquo;Can you find one positive thing about Islam?&rsquo;\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>In videos posted hours before the attack, he claimed that German authorities were opening his mail and stealing items including a USB stick.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>&lsquo;I consider the Germans, as citizens, responsible for the persecution I am facing&rsquo; he said in one video.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>&lsquo;Currently in this country, the nation that is actively criminally chasing Islam critics is the German nation&rsquo;, he said in another.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>He also appears to be a fan of AfD. In June, he retweeted party leader Alice Weidel, writing with typos: &lsquo;The left are crazy. We need the AfD to protect the police from them.&rsquo;\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>He also retweeted the right-wing extremist AfD activist Naomi Seibt with the following quote: &lsquo;Tyranny is based on the docility of cowards. I choose to be brave.&rsquo;\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>He was arrested following the crash which took place at 7:04pm in the city of Magdeburg, according to unidentified government officials in the state of Saxony-Anhalt who spoke to the dpa news agency.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>A search of his name and details of his work revealed he was interviewed by the\u00a0Frankfurter Rundschau, a regional newspaper, in 2019\n</p><div class='\"artSplitter' mol-img-group mol-hidden-caption>\n<div class='\"mol-img\"'>\n<div class='\"image-wrap' fff-pic>\n<p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' id='\"i-9b23b6a8e41d3e0a\"' class='\"blkBorder' img-share src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/i.dailymail.co.uk%5C/1s%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/21%5C/01%5C/93373125-14215759-image-a-28_1734744561015.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"634\"' height='\"518\"' data-gallery-handler-attached='\"true\"'>\n</p><div class='\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"'><span class='\"plusSign-1IpQy\"'>+25\n<div class='\"viewGalleryText-2XMcO\"'>View gallery\n\n\n\n<div class='\"artSplitter' mol-img-group mol-hidden-caption>\n<div class='\"mol-img\"'>\n<div class='\"image-wrap' fff-pic><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' id='\"i-5f09b77395afea29\"' class='\"blkBorder' img-share src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/i.dailymail.co.uk%5C/1s%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/21%5C/01%5C/93373127-14215759-image-a-29_1734744567524.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"634\"' height='\"259\"'>\n\n\n<div class='\"artSplitter' mol-img-group mol-hidden-caption>\n<div class='\"mol-img\"'>\n<div class='\"image-wrap' fff-pic><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' id='\"i-3d5db872bf6e5c8d\"' class='\"blkBorder' img-share src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/i.dailymail.co.uk%5C/1s%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/21%5C/01%5C/93373123-14215759-image-a-30_1734744569535.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"634\"' height='\"259\"'>\n\n\n<div class='\"artSplitter' mol-img-group>\n<div class='\"mol-img\"'>\n<div class='\"image-wrap' fff-pic>\n<p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' id='\"i-5190aa3db50bfcdc\"' class='\"blkBorder' img-share src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/i.dailymail.co.uk%5C/1s%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/21%5C/01%5C/93372845-14215759-image-a-24_1734743093352.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Forensics' police inspect the car that crashed into a crowd at christmas market in magdeburg eastern germany on december width='\"634\"' height='\"423\"' data-gallery-handler-attached='\"true\"'>\n</p><div class='\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"'><span class='\"plusSign-1IpQy\"'>+25\n<div class='\"viewGalleryText-2XMcO\"'>View gallery\n\n\n<p class='\"imageCaption\"'>Forensics police inspect the car that crashed into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on December 21, 2024\n\n</p><div class='\"artSplitter' mol-img-group>\n<div class='\"mol-img\"'>\n<div class='\"image-wrap' fff-pic>\n<p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' id='\"i-de93eee6c4bfea28\"' class='\"blkBorder' img-share src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/i.dailymail.co.uk%5C/1s%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/21%5C/01%5C/93372847-14215759-image-a-25_1734743110523.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Emergency' personnel stand next to a damaged car that drove into group of people according local media in magdeburg germany december width='\"634\"' height='\"428\"' data-gallery-handler-attached='\"true\"'>\n</p><div class='\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"'><span class='\"plusSign-1IpQy\"'>+25\n<div class='\"viewGalleryText-2XMcO\"'>View gallery\n\n\n<p class='\"imageCaption\"'>Emergency personnel stand next to a damaged car that drove into a group of people, according to local media, in Magdeburg, Germany, December 21, 2024\n\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>&lsquo;He came to Germany as a visiting doctor during his specialist training as a psychotherapist and later applied for asylum here because he had been threatened with death for turning away from Islam. The 44-year-old is recognized as a political refugee&rsquo;, the newspaper wrote of him five years ago.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>In the\u00a0Frankfurter Rundschau interview, he described his work with the wearesaudis.net website, a group dedicated to providing information on &lsquo;escape routes&rsquo; for people living in\u00a0<span data-track-module='\"internal-body-link\"'>Saudi Arabia, particularly women.\n<p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>He said in the 2019 interview: &lsquo;Nine out of ten people from Saudi Arabia who ask me about the asylum system are women.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>&lsquo;Other asylum activists report similar figures. This may be because for Saudi Arabian women, asylum is the only path to justice. Even if a woman is not oppressed, her fate depends on her male guardian.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>&lsquo;There are women who say that they have good husbands who do not oppress them, but they wonder what will happen if the man dies.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>&lsquo;If the new man beats her, she will not get any help. A woman is only protected if she has powerful men in her family.&rsquo;\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>Just five days before carrying out the attack, Al-Abdulmohsen gave an interview with the right-wing RAIR Foundation in which he said: &lsquo;If a Syrian citizen applies for asylum in Germany, the chance to be granted asylum is 99.8%\u2026 While if a Saudi citizen applies for asylum in Germany, that chance is only 70%, and I know personally that many of those rejected are ex-Muslims.\n</p><div class='\"moduleFull' mol-video>\n<div class='\"item\"'>\n<div id='\"v-3703443592106914895\"' class='\"vjs-video-container' vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col news>\n<div id='\"vjs_video_741\"' class='\"video-js' vjs-default-skin vjs-paused vjs-controls-enabled mol-empty-playlist mol-fe-animated-preview mol-fe-vjs-full-size-min vjs-visually-ready vjs-user-inactive data-opts='\"{"linkBaseURL":"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14215759\/Magdeburg-car-attack-Saudi-Arabia-doctor-ex-Muslim-Germany-Islamising-Europe.html#v-3703443592106914895","isMobile":false,"original":false,"duration":136000,"src":"https:\/\/videos.dailymail.co.uk\/video\/mol\/2024\/12\/20\/3703443592106914895\/1024x576_MP4_3703443592106914895.mp4","source":"Twitter","playerId":"default","title":"Video' appears to show arrest of german xmas market driver the moment a was taken into custody by police for crashing christmas in magdeburg germany.>\n<div class='\"vjs-control-bar\"'>\n<div class='\"vjs-social-controls' vjs-control>\n<div class='\"vjs-social-share-control' vjs-control vjs-social-share-control-facebook-button tabindex='\"0\"' role='\"button\"' aria-live='\"polite\"'>\n<div class='\"vjs-social-icon' vjs-facebook-button-icon>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class='\"artSplitter' mol-img-group>\n<div class='\"mol-img\"'>\n<div class='\"image-wrap' fff-pic>\n<p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' id='\"i-4d22ec8b51110fd7\"' class='\"blkBorder' img-share src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/i.dailymail.co.uk%5C/1s%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/21%5C/01%5C/93372841-14215759-image-a-26_1734743126585.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Police' officers take security measures after a car drove into crowd at christmas market in magdeburg germany on december width='\"634\"' height='\"423\"' data-gallery-handler-attached='\"true\"'>\n</p><div class='\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"'><span class='\"plusSign-1IpQy\"'>+25\n<div class='\"viewGalleryText-2XMcO\"'>View gallery\n\n\n<p class='\"imageCaption\"'>Police officers take security measures after a car drove into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany on December 20, 2024\n\n</p><div class='\"artSplitter' mol-img-group>\n<div class='\"mol-img\"'>\n<div class='\"image-wrap' fff-pic>\n<p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' id='\"i-884ded5023cc8924\"' class='\"blkBorder' img-share src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/i.dailymail.co.uk%5C/1s%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/21%5C/01%5C/93372843-14215759-image-a-27_1734743130306.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Special' police officers at the scene after a car was driven into crowd christmas market in magdeburg germany december width='\"634\"' height='\"437\"' data-gallery-handler-attached='\"true\"'>\n</p><div class='\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"'><span class='\"plusSign-1IpQy\"'>+25\n<div class='\"viewGalleryText-2XMcO\"'>View gallery\n\n\n<p class='\"imageCaption\"'>Special police officers at the scene after a car was driven into a crowd at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, 20 December 2024\n\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>&lsquo;Germany is welcoming Syrians\u2014including many Islamists\u2014while simultaneously rejecting Saudi apostates, people who are genuinely fleeing Sharia-based death sentences.&rsquo;\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>Since news of the attack spread around the world, RAIR said in a statement: &lsquo;If these reports are accurate, it appears we and other media outlets were misled regarding his true intentions.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>&lsquo;We are actively seeking more information and will provide updates as they become available.&rsquo;\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>Several cops were seen crowding around the man with their weapons drawn while shouting at him. Cops were also seen shooing the growing crowd around the arrest incident, as a police officer crouches down over him with a torch.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>&lsquo;From what we currently know he was a lone attacker so we don&rsquo;t think there is any further danger for the city,&rsquo; he added.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>German broadcaster MDR reported that a suspected explosive device is currently sitting in the vehicle.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>While official figures say that two people, including a toddler, have died, local media have put the death toll at 11.\n</p><div class='\"artSplitter' mol-img-group>\n<div class='\"mol-img\"'>\n<div class='\"image-wrap' fff-pic>\n<p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' id='\"i-35bd2aaf9a8cb88f\"' class='\"blkBorder' img-share src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/i.dailymail.co.uk%5C/1s%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/20%5C/20%5C/93367095-14215355-image-m-16_1734728123090.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"This' is the moment alleged saudi perpetrator of horrific christmas market car smash was arrested with an explosive device after he drove through a massive crowd width='\"634\"' height='\"578\"' data-gallery-handler-attached='\"true\"'>\n</p><div class='\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"'><span class='\"plusSign-1IpQy\"'>+25\n<div class='\"viewGalleryText-2XMcO\"'>View gallery\n\n\n<p class='\"imageCaption\"'>This is the moment the alleged Saudi perpetrator of the horrific Christmas market car smash was arrested with an explosive device after he drove through a massive crowd\n\n</p><div class='\"artSplitter' mol-img-group>\n<div class='\"mol-img\"'>\n<div class='\"image-wrap' fff-pic>\n<p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' id='\"i-da4867ff50ce4e91\"' class='\"blkBorder' img-share src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/i.dailymail.co.uk%5C/1s%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/20%5C/21%5C/93367993-14215355-image-a-24_1734730005653.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Video' grab taken from a footege by news5 shows an injured person lying on stretcher as police and ambulances stand next to the christmas market where car crashed into crowd width='\"634\"' height='\"357\"' data-gallery-handler-attached='\"true\"'>\n</p><div class='\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"'><span class='\"plusSign-1IpQy\"'>+25\n<div class='\"viewGalleryText-2XMcO\"'>View gallery\n\n\n<p class='\"imageCaption\"'>Video grab taken from a footege by News5 shows an injured person lying on a stretcher as police and ambulances stand next to the Christmas market, where a car crashed into a crowd\n\n</p><div class='\"artSplitter' mol-img-group>\n<div class='\"mol-img\"'>\n<div class='\"image-wrap' fff-pic>\n<p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' id='\"i-bdbc6449b4d50ecf\"' class='\"blkBorder' img-share src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/i.dailymail.co.uk%5C/1s%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/20%5C/21%5C/93367995-14215355-image-a-26_1734730022094.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Police' vans and ambulances stand next to the annual christmas market in city center following a possible terror incident on december magdeburg germany width='\"634\"' height='\"424\"' data-gallery-handler-attached='\"true\"'>\n</p><div class='\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"'><span class='\"plusSign-1IpQy\"'>+25\n<div class='\"viewGalleryText-2XMcO\"'>View gallery\n\n\n<p class='\"imageCaption\"'>Police vans and ambulances stand next to the annual Christmas market in the city center following a possible terror incident on December 20, 2024 in Magdeburg, Germany\n\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>Bild reported that the car was driven &lsquo;at least 400m (1,300ft) across the Christmas market&rsquo;, per a police spokesperson.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>According to emergency services, who have set up tents to immediately treat victims, at least 15 people were &lsquo;severely&rsquo; injured.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>Local authorities said that around 100 firefighters are at the scene with seven fire brigades, while 50 rescue service personnel are there.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>Horrific video footage showed countless revellers fleeing for their lives in the wake of the crash.\u00a0Separate footage showed children crying loudly as several small crowds of people formed over those injured in the crash, in apparent attempts to help them.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>One man who spoke to\u00a0\u00a0German newspaper Mitteldeutsche Zeitung said the Christmas market has turned to &lsquo;war-like conditions&rsquo;, while another eyewitness told the newspaper that there were countless families in the &lsquo;fairytale area&rsquo; of the market when the car crashed through the crowd.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>Local police said on X that &lsquo;extensive police operations are currently taking place&rsquo;, adding that further reports will be made shortly.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>The\u00a0Magdeburg Christmas market is located on the Old Market, directly next to Magdeburg Town Hall near the River Elbe, and was closed by organisers following the incident.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>Organisers have also asked people to leave the city centre. A spokesperson in the city said that all hospitals are &lsquo;preparing for a mass casualty event.&rsquo;\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>Magdeburg&rsquo;s University Hospital said it was &lsquo;taking care of 10 to 20 patients&rsquo;, adding it was preparing for more.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>Neighbouring cities, including Halle, around 50 miles from\u00a0Magdeburg, are preparing its hospitals to take on victims.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>Halle is also stepping up its own security measures in the wake of the incident.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>Regional government spokesperson Matthias Schuppe and city spokesperson Michael Reif said they suspected it was a deliberate act.\n</p><div class='\"moduleFull' mol-video>\n<div class='\"item\"'>\n<div id='\"v-8577079743415862414\"' class='\"vjs-video-container' vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col news>\n<div id='\"vjs_video_1084\"' class='\"video-js' vjs-default-skin vjs-paused vjs-controls-enabled 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mol-img-group>\n<div class='\"mol-img\"'>\n<div class='\"image-wrap' fff-pic>\n<p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' id='\"i-6cbd2a3104ba58b1\"' class='\"blkBorder' img-share src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/i.dailymail.co.uk%5C/1s%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/20%5C/21%5C/93368809-14215355-image-a-27_1734731216826.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"Emergency' personnel work at a christmas market after car drove into group of people according to local media in magdeburg germany december width='\"634\"' height='\"423\"' data-gallery-handler-attached='\"true\"'>\n</p><div class='\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"'><span class='\"plusSign-1IpQy\"'>+25\n<div class='\"viewGalleryText-2XMcO\"'>View gallery\n\n\n<p class='\"imageCaption\"'>Emergency personnel work at a Christmas market after a car drove into a group of people, according to local media, in Magdeburg, Germany, December 20, 2024\n\n</p><div class='\"artSplitter' mol-img-group>\n<div class='\"mol-img\"'>\n<div class='\"image-wrap' fff-pic>\n<p><img loading='\"lazy\"' 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height='\"423\"' data-gallery-handler-attached='\"true\"'>\n</p><div class='\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"'><span class='\"plusSign-1IpQy\"'>+25\n<div class='\"viewGalleryText-2XMcO\"'>View gallery\n\n\n<p class='\"imageCaption\"'>Organisers have also asked people to leave the city centre\n\n</p><div class='\"artSplitter' mol-img-group>\n<div class='\"mol-img\"'>\n<div class='\"image-wrap' fff-pic>\n<p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' id='\"i-7e16e709b9ad731b\"' class='\"blkBorder' img-share src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/i.dailymail.co.uk%5C/1s%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/20%5C/19%5C/93364619-14215131-image-a-24_1734723133001.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"The' driver of the car reported to be a dark bmw was arrested following crash which took place at width='\"634\"' height='\"423\"' data-gallery-handler-attached='\"true\"'>\n</p><div class='\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"'><span class='\"plusSign-1IpQy\"'>+25\n<div class='\"viewGalleryText-2XMcO\"'>View gallery\n\n\n<p class='\"imageCaption\"'>The driver of the car, reported to be a dark BMW, was arrested following the crash which took place at 7:04pm\n\n</p><div class='\"artSplitter' mol-img-group>\n<div class='\"mol-img\"'>\n<div class='\"image-wrap' fff-pic>\n<p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' id='\"i-ab71d9d2cb70fc94\"' class='\"blkBorder' img-share src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/i.dailymail.co.uk%5C/1s%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/20%5C/19%5C/93364621-14215131-image-a-25_1734723135382.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"A' car drove into a group of people at christmas market in the eastern german city magdeburg on friday leaving between and injured width='\"634\"' height='\"423\"' data-gallery-handler-attached='\"true\"'>\n</p><div class='\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"'><span class='\"plusSign-1IpQy\"'>+25\n<div class='\"viewGalleryText-2XMcO\"'>View gallery\n\n\n<p class='\"imageCaption\"'>A car drove into a group of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, leaving between 60 and 80 people injured\n\n</p><div class='\"artSplitter' mol-img-group>\n<div class='\"mol-img\"'>\n<div class='\"image-wrap' fff-pic>\n<p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' id='\"i-cba6cc0bc7a12696\"' class='\"blkBorder' img-share src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/i.dailymail.co.uk%5C/1s%5C/2024%5C/12%5C/20%5C/23%5C/93364617-14215759-At_least_one_person_is_reported_to_have_died_in_the_crash-a-1_1734738775294.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"At' least one person is reported to have died in the crash width='\"634\"' height='\"417\"' data-gallery-handler-attached='\"true\"'>\n</p><div class='\"imageCount-2Mnr9\"'><span class='\"plusSign-1IpQy\"'>+25\n<div class='\"viewGalleryText-2XMcO\"'>View gallery\n\n\n<p class='\"imageCaption\"'>At least one person is reported to have died in the crash\n\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>&lsquo;The pictures are terrible,&rsquo; Reif said. &lsquo;My information is that a car drove into the Christmas market visitors, but I can&rsquo;t yet say from what direction and how far.&rsquo;\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed his concern in a post to X, writing: &lsquo;The reports from Magdeburg suggest something bad. My thoughts are with the victims and their families.&rsquo;\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>In a post to X, Germany&rsquo;s interior minister said: &lsquo;The news from Magdeburg is deeply shocking. The emergency services are doing everything they can to care for the injured and save lives.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>&lsquo;Our thoughts are with the victims and their families. The security authorities will clarify the background.&rsquo;\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>Saxony-Anhalt&rsquo;s Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff said in the wake of the attack: &lsquo;This is a terrible event, especially now in the days before Christmas.&rsquo;\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>Haselhoff is said to be travelling to the city to bear witness to the aftermath of the attack.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>Robert Habeck, Germany&rsquo;s vice-chancellor, said in a post to X: &lsquo;What terrible news from Magdeburg, where people wanted to spend the Advent season in peace and community.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>&lsquo;My thoughts are with the victims and their families. I thank all the emergency services on site who are doing everything they can to help and to clarify the background.&rsquo;\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>CDU candidate for chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) wrote on X: &lsquo;This is very depressing news from Magdeburg. 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My thoughts are with the bereaved and injured. When will this madness end?&rsquo;\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>The world has already begun reacting to the horrific news.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>Saudi Arabia, where the attacker was from, said in a statement on X: &lsquo;The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s condemnation of the run-over incident that occurred in a market in the city of Magdeburg in the Federal Republic of Germany, which resulted in the death and injury of a number of people, expressing its solidarity with the German people and the families of the victims.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>&lsquo;The Kingdom affirms its position in rejecting violence, and expresses its sympathy and sincere condolences to the families of the deceased and to the Federal Republic of Germany, government and people, while wishing the injured a speedy recovery.&rsquo;\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>The UK&rsquo;s Foreign Office, meanwhile, said it was &lsquo;closely monitoring the situation,;\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>A spokesperson said: &lsquo;We are in contact with the German authorities following an incident in the city of Magdeburg and are closely monitoring the situation.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>&lsquo;Our thoughts are with all those affected.&rsquo;\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>Magdeburg, which is west of Berlin, is the state capital of Saxony-Anhalt and has about 240,000 inhabitants.\n</p><p class='\"mol-para-with-font\"'>The horror crash comes less than a month after\u00a0<span data-track-module='\"internal-body-link\"'>Germany&lsquo;s interior minister Nancy Faeser said that while there were no concrete indications of a danger to Christmas markets this year, it was wise to be vigilant.\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The perpetrator of the deadly\u00a0Christmas\u00a0market massacre that has left at least two dead and nearly 70 injured is an anti-Islam doctor who arrived in Germany in 2006 as a refugee &hellip; \n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4346"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4349,"href":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4346\/revisions\/4349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scenicwhispers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}</p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></p></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></span></span></p></div></div></span></p></div></div></div></div></div>