A 50-year-old doctor from Saudi Arabia is accused of five counts of murder and attempted murder of over 200 people at a Christmas market in Magdeburg. Prime Minister Donald Tusk appeals to the president and PiS MPs after the attack in Germany. 38 people died in a bus accident in Brazil. Viktor Orban, referring to the case of Marcin Romanowski, suggested that in Hungary “there may be cases of granting asylum” to other people. IMWM issued warnings regarding dangerous weather. Here are five things to know on Sunday, December 22.
1. Attack in Magdeburg. Police about the interrogation and the victims
On Friday, just after 7 p.m., a driver drove into a crowd of people at a Christmas market in the eastern city of Magdeburg German. The perpetrator of the attack, a 50-year-old from Saudi Arabia, is currently in pre-trial detention. He is accused of five counts of murder and attempted murder of over 200 people. The dead include a nine-year-old child. An investigation is underway.
The perpetrator of the attack could have been motivated by dissatisfaction with the treatment of refugees from Saudi Arabia in Germany, the prosecutor said.
READ MORE: Police about the interrogation and victims at the Christmas market
A Saudi immigrant who left Islam crashed into people at a Christmas market in MagdeburgAndrzej Zaucha/Fakty TVN
2. Tusk's appeal after the attack at the Christmas market
Prime minister Donald Tusk after Friday's attack at the Christmas market in Magdeburg and appealed to the president and Law and Justice. He wrote that he expected “support government package tightening visa and asylum law“. “The state is just regaining control over the borders and migration after years of chaos and corruption, so at least don't interfere,” he added.
3. It will snow and it will be windy. IMWM warnings
Beware of difficult weather conditions in southern Poland. There will be strong winds in the foothill areas on Sunday, and heavy snowfall is expected in the Lower Silesia region. The Institute of Meteorology and Water Management issued warnings.
Forecasters predict winds with an average speed of up to 40 kilometers per hour, with gusts of up to 70 km/h, from the southwest and south. In Lower Silesia, the wind may cause snowstorms and snowstorms in some places, and warnings will be valid from midnight to 11 on Sunday.
4. Nearly 40 people died in a collision between a bus and a truck in Brazil
Thirty-eight people were killed Saturday in the southeast Brazil as a result of a collision between a bus full of passengers and a truck, the fire brigade reported. A tire burst on a bus carrying 45 passengers and the driver lost control of the vehicle.
READ MORE: Accident in Brazil. 38 people dead
Bus and truck collision, Teofilo Otoni in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil (December 21, 2024)Reuters
5. Orban: asylum may still be granted
Envoy PISformer deputy minister of justice Marcin Romanowski received Hungary political asylum. Prime Minister on Saturday Viktor Orbán he said that Hungary's goal “is to keep conflicts with Poland at a reasonable level.” – That is why I will not comment on what I think about the state of the rule of law in Poland – he added.
However, he stated that the Hungarian side analyzed the situation in Poland and, based on it, issued a decision to grant asylum to Marcin Romanowski. Orban asked if he was the former president of Orlen Daniel Obajtek may receive asylum next, he stated that he is an MEP, so there are no such plans. – However, cases of asylum being granted may still occur – said the Hungarian Prime Minister.
Orban on granting asylum to Romanowski: I think it will not be the last such decisionMarcin Kwaśny/Fakty TVN
Main photo source: EPA/PHILIP SINGER