We used to keep track of vehicle attacks around the world, partly as a comparison to other mass murders around the world. We might have to update that list. On December 20th, 2024, another attack occurred at a Christmas celebration in Magdeburg, Germany. Five people were murdered, and at least 200 were injured. The death toll might rise as 41 people are in critical condition. The suspect is identified as a 50-year-old doctor from Saudi Arabia who has been in the country since 2006. Reports indicate that the perpetrator was a fugitive from Saudi Arabia. Unfortunately, despite requests from the Saudi government, the German government refused to extradite him.
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Few mass public shootings have the huge casualty count seen in this attack.
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UPDATE: “killed six people and injured 300 others“
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A nine-year-old child and four adults have been killed, and more than 200 injured after a car drove into a crowd at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, officials say.
At least 41 people were critically injured after the incident which lasted around three minutes, police said.
The arrested suspect has been named in local media as Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, a 50-year-old Saudi citizen who arrived in Germany in 2006 and had worked as a doctor.
Reiner Haseloff, the premier of Saxony-Anhalt state, said a preliminary investigation suggested the alleged attacker was acting alone.
He added that he could not rule out more deaths due to the number of injured. . . .
Prosecutor Horst Walter Nopens added that the investigation was ongoing but suggested the background to the crime “could have been disgruntlement with the way Saudi Arabian refugees are treated in Germany”. . . .
Jacqueline Howard, “Nine-year-old among five killed in attack on German Christmas market,” BBC, December 21, 2024.
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