{"id":2382438,"date":"2024-12-20T18:27:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T23:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/german-christmas-market-hit-by-horrific-attack-numerous-casualties-reported\/"},"modified":"2024-12-20T18:28:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T23:28:18","slug":"german-christmas-market-hit-by-horrific-attack-numerous-casualties-reported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/german-christmas-market-hit-by-horrific-attack-numerous-casualties-reported\/","title":{"rendered":"German Christmas Market Hit by Horrific Attack &#8211; Numerous Casualties Reported"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgerman-christmas-market-hit-by-horrific-attack-numerous-casualties-reported%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2382438&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-teenage-boy-allegedly-kills-9-in-school-shooting-in-serbia\/\" title=\"Teen boy reportedly kills 9 in Serbia school shooting.\">tragic incident occurred<\/a> at a \u200cChristmas market \u2063in Magdeburg, Germany, \u2064where\u200d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lady-gagas-dog-walker-releases-statement-after-attack\/\" title=\"Lady Gaga\u2019s Dog Walker Releases Statement After Attack\">car sped<\/a> into the crowd, resulting in at least two deaths,\u200c including a child, \u2063and injuries to around 68\u200d others. Local officials have\u200c not officially labeled the event as\u200d terrorism, although a city representative suggested it \u200bappeared to be a purposeful act. \u2064The suspect, a 50-year-old man from Saudi Arabia living in Germany since 2006, was arrested. despite initial estimates suggesting 11 fatalities, state officials clarified the situation. \u200cEyewitness\u200c accounts indicated\u2062 that the vehicle targeted a section of the market popular with families. Authorities noted\u2062 that the driver\u2064 had evaded safety barriers that had been installed following previous attacks, prompting a \u2063heightened alert for Christmas markets across Europe due \u2063to potential terror \u200bthreats. \u200bThis\u200c incident echoes the devastating 2016 Berlin Christmas market attack, which killed 13 people.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>At least two people were killed in Germany Friday when a car drove at high speed into a Christmas market.<\/p>\n<p>Initial reports said one of the people killed was a child, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/germany-car-driven-into-people-at-christmas-market-13277301\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sky News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Estimates from officials in the city of Magdeburg, which is in eastern Germany west of Berlin, said that 68 people were injured in the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Officials were not officially calling the incident <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-the-latest-5-held-as-french-police-hunt-strasbourg-attacker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">terrorism<\/a> on Friday, but city representative Michael Reif said he believes the attack was deliberate.<\/p>\n<p>A 50-year-old doctor from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-harris-admin-announces-protected-status-immigrants-country-plagued-islamic-terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saudi Arabia<\/a> was arrested, according to Reiner Haseloff, premier of &nbsp;Saxony-Anhalt, the German state that includes the city.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a terrible tragedy. It is a catastrophe for the city of Magdeburg, for the state and for Germany in general,&rdquo; Haseloff said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/car-ploughs-into-christmas-market-eastern-german-town-media-reports-say-2024-12-20\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>.<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Haseloff, who said initial estimates of 11 dead were incorrect, &nbsp;said the man had lived in Germany since 2006 and had refugee status, according to the U.K.&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/dec\/20\/death-and-injuries-in-germany-as-car-ploughs-into-crowd-at-christmas-market\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As things stand, he is a lone perpetrator, so that as far as we know there is no further danger to the city,&rdquo; Haseloff said.<\/p>\n<p>A woman who spoke to the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung newspaper said that the perpetrator had &ldquo;driven deliberately into the section of the Christmas market decked out with scenes from fairytales, where a lot of families with young children were gathered,&rdquo; the Guardian reported.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said a rental car was used to conduct the attack, and that the man involved was not on the radar of local officials who <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">monitor suspected terrorists<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The police have put out a statement saying there&rsquo;s an extensive police operation that&rsquo;s going on and they haven&rsquo;t officially said yet whether this is terror,&rdquo; Sky News&rsquo;s Europe correspondent Siobhan Robbins said, according to Sky News.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That of course will be something that a lot of people will be asking. There has been a warning for Christmas markets across Europe to be on high alert for possible terror attacks,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, German interior minister Nancy Faeser urged caution for those attending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/french-christmas-market-gunman-reportedly-pledged-allegiance-isis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christmas markets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, she said there was no specific threat at the time.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, a Berlin Christmas market came under attack when a truck plowed through it, killing 13 people, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/20\/world\/europe\/germany-christmas-market-crash.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Germany responded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/warren-omar-tlaib-refuse-to-condemn-protesters-ignoring-federal-law\/\" title=\"Warren, Omar, Tlaib Refuse To Condemn Protesters Ignoring Federal Law\">erecting barriers<\/a> around Christmas markets. It was not clear how the driver in Friday&rsquo;s attack evaded them.<\/p>\n<p>One man who spoke to&nbsp;the German newspaper Mitteldeutsche Zeitung said the Christmas market turned to &ldquo;war-like conditions&rdquo; after the attack, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-14215131\/germany-car-ploughs-crowd-christmas-market.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Early reports indicated that one of the deceased was a child, as per Sky News. Officials in Magdeburg, located in eastern Germany west of Berlin, reported that 68 others were injured in the incident. While authorities did not officially label it as terrorism initially, city representative Michael Reif suggested it appeared to be a deliberate act. A 50-year-old Saudi Arabian doctor was arrested, according to Saxony-Anhalt&#8217;s premier Reiner Haseloff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2382440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Christmas-market-attack.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4002,13980,47196,3946],"class_list":["post-2382438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-attack","tag-casualties","tag-christmas-market","tag-germany"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Christmas-market-attack.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2382438"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2382443,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382438\/revisions\/2382443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2382440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2382438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2382438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2382438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}