The website of the city of Magdeburg has published the latest numbers of victims and injuries from the incident that took place at the Christmas market, where a speeding car drove into the crowd.
According to the updated announcement, it turns out that there are currently two confirmed victims and 15 " seriously injured " people. Another 37 people were moderately injured and 16 were slightly injured.
There are currently 100 firefighters in action in Magdeburg with three professional brigades and four volunteer brigades.
Meanwhile, the prime minister of the state of Saxony-Anhalt, Dr. Reiner Haseloff, said in a press release that one of the two killed was a small child.
"This is one of the most horrific things imaginable. This is a serious and horrific thing. We are currently in the process of gathering all further evidence and questioning. According to current information, this is an individual perpetrator , so there is no longer any danger to the city, because we managed to arrest him , "said Hasselhoff.
Dr Haseloff also says that the suspect, who is from Saudi Arabia, "was working as a doctor in this country and had reached Germany in 2006" .
The University Hospital of Magdeburg has clarified that it is "taking care of 10 to 20 patients ", but is preparing for more injured people who may be sent there.
Injured people were seen being carried away on stretchers in dozens of ambulances after the car plowed into Christmas market visitors tonight.
Regional government spokesman Matthias Schuppe and city spokesman Michael Reif said they suspected a deliberate attack.
According to "Mitteldeutsche Zeitung", the arrested aggressor lives in Bernburg (Bernburg Saale). According to the newspaper's information, a police operation took place there in the evening hours, where the Special Forces reportedly raided a house on Christianstrasse. According to Bild, the police have not confirmed whether or not the operation is related to the attack in Magdeburg. (A2 Televizion)
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