In Magdeburg, eastern Germany, a car drove into a crowd of people Christmas market. According to the Bild daily website, 60 to 80 people could have been injured. According to the website, at least 11 people died. According to official information from the state authorities, at least two people died.
– We have no information about the injured yet Polesbut there are many victims and the action continues – said Paweł Wroński, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday.
President Andrzej Duda described the news from Germany as “tragic”. “I am shocked by the brutal attack at the Christmas market in Magdeburg. My thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims and the injured,” he emphasized.
“We convey the deepest condolences to the injured and the families of the victims of the attack in Magdeburg. It is terrifying that the time of joyful holidays can be turned into a time of tragedy,” such an entry appeared on the website of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday evening.
Attack in Magdeburg. MFA: There is no information about Poles
The attack took place at 7:04 p.m. The attacker drove into a crowd of peoplewho came to the Christmas market.
The driver was detained right after the attack. Initial findings indicate that the vehicle involved in the incident was a dark BMW.
He went to the site of the tragedy Prime Minister of the Government of Saxony-AnhaltReiner Haseloff.