The balance of the event that happened in Germany, where a car drove into the Christmas market of the city of Magdeburg, leading the crowd, has worsened.
The first data from the German media speak of at least 11 dead and 80 injured, many of whom are in serious condition.
BILD reports that the driver was arrested immediately after the attack, while WELT citing security sources claims that the aggressor is a man from Saudi Arabia, born in 1974, who had rented his vehicle shortly before the attack.
Meanwhile, the area is surrounded by numerous police forces and it is suspected that there is an unexploded explosive inside the "BMË" type car.
So, the rescue teams have set up tents in the market to give first aid to the injured near the city hall, in the course of the Elba river. Ambulances, as well as rescue helicopters from the city of Halle, have been dispatched to assist the local authorities in Magdeburg.
Videos circulating on social media show the car speeding through the crowd as people run in panic to escape. Meanwhile, it is reported that the car has been driven for at least 400 meters in the market.
In the German media, eyewitnesses say that the aggressor's car, after passing the barriers, took money from several families, while the driver walked in a zigzag manner to hit as many people as possible.
In the first comment about the event, the prime minister of the Saxony-Anhalt region, Rainer Hasselof, emphasized that it is " a terrible event, especially now in the days before Christmas ".
According to the representative of the government of the Saxony-Anhalt region, Matthias Suppe, it is "an obvious terrorist attack". Even the representative of the city, Marcel Reif, said that according to the first information, it was an attack.
Meanwhile, Chancellor Olaf Scholz reacted on the 'X' platform that "the reports from Magdeburg show something bad.
" My thoughts go out to the victims and their families. We stand by you and the people of Magdeburg. My thanks go to the dedicated rescuers in these hours of disaster ," he wrote.
The candidate for chancellor of the CDU, Friedrich Merz, reacted by saying that "the news from Magdeburg is very depressing" .
The head of the AfD, Alice Weidel, also described these images as shocking, demanding accountability through the question: " When will this madness end? ". (A2 Televizion)