At Least 2 Dead And 60 Hurt After Car Drives Into German Christmas Market
Huff PostPolice vans and ambulances stand next to the annual Christmas market in the city center after a car plowed into the Christmas market on December 20, 2024 in Magdeburg, Germany. Craig Stennett via Getty Images MAGDEBURG, Germany — A car plowed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, killing at least two people and injuring at least 60 others in what authorities called a deliberate attack. Friday’s attack came eight years after an Islamic extremist drove a truck into crowded Christmas market in Berlin, killing 13 people and injuring many others. picture alliance via Getty Images Emergency services, police and firefighters respond to the scene after a driver drove into a group of people at the Christmas market in Magdeburg. picture alliance via Getty Images Christmas markets are a huge part of German culture as an annual holiday tradition cherished since the Middle Ages and successfully exported to much of the Western world.