Magdeburg Christmas Market chaos: Latest updates from scene of incident in Germany after automobile drives into crowd of individuals injuring at the least 60 and killing 1 

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A car drove into a group of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, leaving at least one person dead and between 60 and 80 people injured. 

Reports suggest the driver of the car, reported to be a dark BMW, was arrested following the crash which took place at 7:04pm today. 

Video footage too graphic to share appears to show the dark car careening into the dense crowd, leaving dozens of people lying on the floor.

The Magdeburg 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.

Organisers have also asked people to leave the city centre.

Follow below for the latest updates on this story….  

What we know so far

  • A car drove into a group of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg
  • The incident took place at 7.04pm local time on Friday
  • The driver of the car, reported to be a dark BMW, was arrested following the crash
  • At least one person is dead and between 60 and 80 people are injured.
  • Local police said on X that ‘extensive police operations are currently taking place’

German Christmas Market horror incident

Hello and welcome to the live blog on the German Christmas Market tragedy, which has seen at least 20 people injured and one person killed car drove into a group of people.

We will be providing all the latest updates from Madeburg throughout the night.

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