[Capture news] Screaming and shaking...Christmas market terror 'shock'

2024.12.21. PM 5:25
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an outdoor Christmas market with spectacular lights

Suddenly, a car rushes at a high speed through the store stands.

Surprised people scream and the excited market ahead of Christmas becomes a chaos.

A vehicle rushed to the Christmas market in Magdeburg, the capital of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, around 7 p.m. local time on the 20th.

At least two people, including adults and children, were killed and dozens were injured.

The vehicle sped over 400 meters through a narrow passageway.

[Doreen Steffen / Magdeburg Citizen: We are shaking. I'm worried about people. It's a grim day for Magdeburg.]

Police closed the scene in case the vehicle was equipped with an explosive device and used helicopters to transport the injured.

The driver arrested at the scene was a 50-year-old man from Saudi Arabia, a doctor who settled in Germany in 2006.Authorities in

believe the suspect committed the crime alone using a rental car and presumed it was a deliberate attack.

In Germany, 13 people were killed and more than 60 injured in 2016 when a truck rushed into the Christmas market in downtown Berlin.

The suspect, identified as an Islamic extremist, was killed four days later after a gunfight with police in Italy.

I'm YTN's Yoon Hyunsuk.

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