Panic caused by a 10,000-strong march chanting 'Allahu Akbar' through a Christmas market - and why many Germans now feel generosity towards Syrian refugees must end: ROBERT HARDMAN
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Panic caused by a 10,000-strong march chanting 'Allahu Akbar' through a Christmas market - and why many Germans now feel generosity towards Syrian refugees must end: ROBERT HARDMAN

Daily Mail  

They are still confused and, understandably, a little angry in the centre of Essen, though the mood is very much calmer than it was a few days ago. In mid-afternoon on Sunday December 8, the snug ambiance of Essen's Christmas Market, where Robert Hardman stands, was suddenly disrupted by chants of 'Allahu Akbar' On and on they came for more than an hour, chanting unfamiliar slogans and waving flags and banners. Hence the acute nervousness, bordering on panic, in Essen, as this vocal crowd took everyone by surprise as they started marching – some say aggressively – through a Christmas market spread over several city squares. Beatrix von Storch, the far-Right AfD party's deputy leader, says that 'every Syrian asylum seeker, especially those celebrating the fall of Assad, should go home' The AfD is currently twice as popular as Mr Scholz's centre-Left SPD in the opinion polls. Robert Hardman visits Fronhof, the square in which a Syrian knifeman killed people celebrating at a 'festival of diversity' back in August Astrid Muller, who owns the 'Weinachtspyramide' bar in Essen, says people in the market were 'scared and saying: "What's happening?"'

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German security, intel chiefs to be quizzed over Dec 20 Christmas market attack
2 months, 3 weeks ago

German security, intel chiefs to be quizzed over Dec 20 Christmas market attack

India Today  

German security and intelligence chiefs are due on Monday to face questioning about the car-ramming attack that killed five people and wounded more than 200 at a Christmas market 10 days ago. They will be quizzed about possible missed clues and security failures before the December 20 attack in the eastern city of Magdeburg, where police arrested the 50-year-old Saudi …

Christmas market killer 'is a closet jihadist and undercover Islamist', AfD claim - as it's revealed he left behind a will and expected to die in 'suicide mission'
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Christmas market killer 'is a closet jihadist and undercover Islamist', AfD claim - as it's revealed he left behind a will and expected to die in 'suicide mission'

Daily Mail  

The Christmas market killer 'is a closet jihadist and undercover Islamist', the Alternative for Germany party has claimed. Alice Weidel, co-leader of the AfD, spoke at a mass rally outside the cathedral in Magdeburg yesterday, near where Saudi doctor Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, 50, smashed his rented SUV into crowd at the Christmas market on Friday. Alice Weidel, co-leader of the AfD, …

German Christmas market attack: ’Will slaughter them’ — a look at Saudi anti-Islam doctor’s chilling social media posts
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2 months, 3 weeks ago

German Christmas market attack: ’Will slaughter them’ — a look at Saudi anti-Islam doctor’s chilling social media posts

Live Mint  

Germany Christmas Market Attack: The Saudi Arabian doctor accused of killing five people and injuring more than 200 others by ramming a car into a crowded German Christmas market had a history of making anti-Islam statements, which had grown increasingly dark and threatening towards Germany in recent months, according to CNN report. German authorities said on Saturday that they were …

Christmas market attack suspect faces murder charges, threatened to ‘randomly slaughtering’ Germans & blowing up…
3 months ago

Christmas market attack suspect faces murder charges, threatened to ‘randomly slaughtering’ Germans & blowing up…

Hindustan Times  

German police have charged a Saudi man with murder and attempted murder in connection with the killing of at least five people and hundreds of injuries after he drove a car into a busy Christmas market. Christmas market attack: People stand at a makeshift memorial near the site of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, …

What we know about the deadly Christmas market attack in Germany
3 months ago

What we know about the deadly Christmas market attack in Germany

Hindustan Times  

MAGDEBURG, Germany — Four women and a 9-year-old boy were killed and 200 people were injured when a Saudi doctor drove into a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers in the German city of Magdeburg — an attack that has left Germans mourning the victims and with a shaken sense of security. What we know about the deadly Christmas market …

German authorities received tipoffs last year about the suspect in Christmas market attack
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3 months ago

German authorities received tipoffs last year about the suspect in Christmas market attack

Associated Press  

MAGDEBURG, Germany — German authorities said they received tipoffs last year about the suspect in a car attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg as more details emerged on Sunday about the five people killed. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Flowers and candles laid down in front of the Johannis church close …

Furious German protesters take to the streets to demand mass deportations as anger at Angela Merkel's 'open doors' immigration policy rises in aftermath of Christmas market attack by Saudi doctor whic
3 months ago

Furious German protesters take to the streets to demand mass deportations as anger at Angela Merkel's 'open doors' immigration policy rises in aftermath of Christmas market attack by Saudi doctor whic

Daily Mail  

Furious hard-right protesters took to the streets of Germany last night to demand mass deportations after a Saudi doctor allegedly killed five people during a devastating attack on a Christmas market. Hard-right demonstrators take part in a protest after a car drove into the crowd at the market Hard-right protesters took to the streets of Germany last night after a …

German authorities investigate deadly Christmas market attack
3 months ago

German authorities investigate deadly Christmas market attack

NPR  

German authorities investigate deadly Christmas market attack AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: We are still learning more about Friday's attack in Magdeburg, Germany, where a driver sped through a Christmas market and killed at least five people. ESCRITT: He worked in a correctional institute for treating criminals with addictions, and it sounds like - from his social media profile, it seems like …

Germany attack suspect held anti-Islam views, was angered by migrant policy
3 months ago

Germany attack suspect held anti-Islam views, was angered by migrant policy

India Today  

The suspect in a deadly car-ramming attack at a Christmas market in Germany expressed anti-Islamic views and frustration with the country’s migration policies, officials said Saturday. “He held Islamophobic views,” Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said, as quoted by news agency AFP, adding that the attack might stem from “disgruntlement with the way Saudi refugees are treated in Germany.” Surveillance footage …

What we know about the deadly Christmas market attack in Germany
Top News
3 months ago

What we know about the deadly Christmas market attack in Germany

Associated Press  

MAGDEBURG, Germany — Four women and a 9-year-old boy were killed and 200 people were injured when a man drove into a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers in the German city of Magdeburg — an attack that has left Germans mourning the victims and with a shaken sense of security. The Christmas market, where a car drove into a …

Germany Christmas market attack: From car ramming into crowded Magdeburg Street to arrest of suspect
3 months ago

Germany Christmas market attack: From car ramming into crowded Magdeburg Street to arrest of suspect

Live Mint  

Germany Christmas market attack: In the city of Magdeburg, a shocking incident took place on Friday evening when a car rammed into a Christmas market. The footage below shows car ramming into crowded Magdeburg Street after which authorities apprehended the suspect on the site. The suspect voiced support for the far-right and anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party and was critical …

German Christmas market ramming is the latest attack to use vehicles as deadly weapons
3 months ago

German Christmas market ramming is the latest attack to use vehicles as deadly weapons

Associated Press  

LONDON — A car-ramming at a Christmas market in Germany, which police are treating as an attack, is the latest in a grim series of events in which vehicles have been used as deadly weapons. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print NEW YORK, Oct. 31, 2017 — Sayfullo Saipov, an Islamic extremist from …

German Christmas market ramming is the latest attack to use vehicles as deadly weapons
3 months ago

German Christmas market ramming is the latest attack to use vehicles as deadly weapons

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. TORONTO, April 23, 2018 — A 25-year-old Canadian man, Alek Minassian, drives …

Death toll rises to 5 in German Christmas market attack, more than 200 injured
3 months ago

Death toll rises to 5 in German Christmas market attack, more than 200 injured

Live Mint  

Germans on Saturday mourned both the victims and their shaken sense of security after a Saudi doctor intentionally drove into a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers, killing at least five people, including a small child, and injuring at least 200 others. A Berlin church choir whose members witnessed a previous Christmas market attack in 2016 sang Amazing Grace, a …

What we know about the suspect behind the German Christmas market attack
3 months ago

What we know about the suspect behind the German Christmas market attack

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Authorities have not formally named the suspect in the car ramming in the city of Magdeburg that killed at least five people and wounded hundreds, saying only that he is a Saudi doctor who has lived in Germany for nearly two decades and that he acted alone. He was critical of German authorities, saying they had failed to …

At Least 5 Dead, More Than 200 Injured In German Christmas Market Attack
3 months ago

At Least 5 Dead, More Than 200 Injured In German Christmas Market Attack

Huff Post  

Forensics work on a damaged car sitting with its doors open after a driver plowed into a busy Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, early Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. Hendrik Schmidt via AP MAGDEBURG, Germany — Germans on Saturday mourned both the victims and their shaken sense of security after a Saudi doctor intentionally drove into a Christmas market teeming with …

Saudi man arrested after deadly car attack on German Christmas market
3 months ago

Saudi man arrested after deadly car attack on German Christmas market

Deccan Chronicle  

Magdeburg: German police arrested a Saudi Arabian man after a deadly car-ramming attack on a Christmas market Friday in which an SUV barrelled through a crowd of revellers at high speed, leaving a trail of bloody carnage. Police said the vehicle drove "at least 400 metres across the Christmas market" leaving a trail of bloodied casualties, debris, and broken glass …

Germany in shock after 2 killed, 68 injured in deadly Christmas market attack
3 months ago

Germany in shock after 2 killed, 68 injured in deadly Christmas market attack

Hindustan Times  

Germany reeled Saturday from the shock of a new deadly attack on a crowded Christmas market where Chancellor Olaf Scholz was to visit the scene of the carnage. "The motives remain mysterious," wrote Der Spiegel weekly about the latest vehicle-ramming attack to target a traditional German festival market. Police said the vehicle drove "at least 400 metres across the Christmas …

Two dead after car ploughs 400m into crowded Christmas market in Germany
3 months ago

Two dead after car ploughs 400m into crowded Christmas market in Germany

The Independent  

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Pictured: Smashed-up BMW used in German Christmas market attack in Magdeburg that left two dead and 68 injured
3 months ago

Pictured: Smashed-up BMW used in German Christmas market attack in Magdeburg that left two dead and 68 injured

Daily Mail  

The first images have emerged of the car driven at high speed towards a crowd of revellers at a Christmas market on Friday, killing at least two people, as German police arrested a Saudi Arabian man over the deadly attack. The first images have emerged of the car driven at high speed towards a crowd of revellers at a Christmas …

Germany: Video shows dramatic moment when police arrested Christmas market car ‘attack’ suspect
3 months ago

Germany: Video shows dramatic moment when police arrested Christmas market car ‘attack’ suspect

Hindustan Times  

A bystander captured the dramatic moment when the German police arrested the suspect behind a deadly car attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg on Friday. “Every human life that has fallen victim to this attack is a terrible tragedy and one human life too many.” Berlin attack The violence occurred in Magdeburg, a city of about 240,000 people west …

Saudi doctor in ’targeted attack’ rams BMW car into Christmas market in Germany, killing 2, injuring 60
3 months ago

Saudi doctor in ’targeted attack’ rams BMW car into Christmas market in Germany, killing 2, injuring 60

Live Mint  

German Christmas Market attack: A tragic incident occurred at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on Friday evening, where a Saudi Arabian doctor deliberately drove into a crowd, resulting in the deaths of at least two people, including a small child, and injuring dozens more. Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry has condemned Friday’s attack in a German Christmas market. German Christmas …

Germans mourn after 5 killed and 200 injured in driver’s suspected attack on a Christmas market
Top News
3 months ago

Germans mourn after 5 killed and 200 injured in driver’s suspected attack on a Christmas market

LA Times  

Mourners outside a cathedral in Magdeburg, Germany, follow a memorial service on Saturday for victims killed at a Christmas market. Germans mourned on Saturday after a man drove into a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers, killing five people, injuring 200 others and shaking the public’s sense of security. A Berlin church choir whose members witnessed a previous Christmas market …

Car plows into crowds at German Christmas Market
3 months ago

Car plows into crowds at German Christmas Market

NPR  

Car plows into crowds at German Christmas Market SCOTT SIMON, HOST: In Germany, five people are dead and some 200 people injured after a man drove a car into a Christmas market yesterday in the eastern city of Magdeburg. Police have also said that this man, they think, acted alone, but despite that, a number of Christmas markets have - …

Germany Christmas market attack: Here's the dramatic moment when suspect was arrested
3 months ago

Germany Christmas market attack: Here's the dramatic moment when suspect was arrested

India TV News  

Germany Christmas market attack: Here's the dramatic moment when suspect was arrested On Friday, Germany's Magdeburg city witnessed a horrific car accident, which killed 2 people and injured at least 68. A dramatic footage has emerged from Germany, capturing the moments when police nabbed the suspect in the horrific car accident in Magdeburg city on Friday. Earlier, a car rammed …

Germany's Christmas markets targeted in terror attacks for more than 10 years
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3 months ago

Germany's Christmas markets targeted in terror attacks for more than 10 years

Daily Mail  

Germany's Christmas markets have been a target for attacks for nearly a decade. This evening’s tragedy echoes the devastation seen in 2016 when a truck was driven through Berlin’s Christmas market by an Islamic extremist. Pictured: Heavily-armed police walk through the reopened Breitscheidplatz Christmas market three days after the attack Politicians lay candles during a memorial service on the fourth …

German Christmas market attack: Death toll rises to four, several injured
3 months ago

German Christmas market attack: Death toll rises to four, several injured

The Hindu  

Germans on Saturday mourned both the victims and their shaken sense of security after a Saudi doctor intentionally drove into a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers, killing at least five people, including a small child, and wounding at least 200 others. Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that nearly 40 of them “are so seriously injured that we must be very …

At least 2 dead and 60 hurt after a car drives into a German Christmas market in a suspected attack
3 months ago

At least 2 dead and 60 hurt after a car drives into a German Christmas market in a suspected attack

Associated Press  

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. “Every human life that has fallen victim to this attack is a terrible tragedy and one human life too many.” A …

At least 2 dead and 60 hurt after a car drives into a German Christmas market in a suspected attack
3 months ago

At least 2 dead and 60 hurt after a car drives into a German Christmas market in a suspected attack

LA Times  

A car plowed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, leaving at least two people dead and injuring at least 60 others in what some officials say they suspect was an attack. Regional government spokesperson Matthias Schuppe and city spokesperson Michael Reif said officials suspected it was a deliberate act. The incident …

Berlin attack: Crowds return to reopened Christmas market in show of defiance against 'cowardly' terrorism
8 years, 2 months ago

Berlin attack: Crowds return to reopened Christmas market in show of defiance against 'cowardly' terrorism

The Independent  

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Berlin's Muslim community sends message of peace and solidarity after Christmas market attack
8 years, 3 months ago

Berlin's Muslim community sends message of peace and solidarity after Christmas market attack

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Muslims handing out t-shirts reading …

Islamic State group claims Berlin Christmas market attack
8 years, 3 months ago

Islamic State group claims Berlin Christmas market attack

Associated Press  

BERLIN — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Tuesday for a truck attack on a crowded Berlin Christmas market that German authorities said came right out of the extremist group’s playbook, inflicting mass casualties on a soft target fraught with symbolic meaning. The claim of responsibility carried on the Islamic State group’s Amaq news agency described the man seen fleeing …

Berlin attack as it happened: Isis claims Christmas market massacre as attacker still at large
8 years, 3 months ago

Berlin attack as it happened: Isis claims Christmas market massacre as attacker still at large

The Independent  

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Germany frees suspect in market attack, says perpetrator maybe still at large| Reuters
8 years, 3 months ago

Germany frees suspect in market attack, says perpetrator maybe still at large| Reuters

Firstpost  

By Michelle Martin and Sabine Siebold | BERLIN BERLIN German authorities on Tuesday released a Pakistani asylum-seeker suspected of driving a truck into a Berlin Christmas market and killing 12 people due to a lack of evidence and the interior minister said the real perpetrator may still be on the run.The truck smashed into wooden huts serving mulled wine and …

Berlin attack: Pakistani man released after arrest, IS claims responsibility
8 years, 3 months ago

Berlin attack: Pakistani man released after arrest, IS claims responsibility

Hindustan Times  

German authorities are calling the truck attack on a crowded Christmas market an “act of terrorism” that had all the hallmarks of Islamic extremism. Germany’s top prosecutor, Peter Frank, told reporters the Monday night attack on the market outside the landmark Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church was reminiscent of July’s deadly truck attack in Nice and appeared to follow instructions published …

Berlin Xmas market carnage a ‘terrorist act’, likely by asylum seeker: Merkel
8 years, 3 months ago

Berlin Xmas market carnage a ‘terrorist act’, likely by asylum seeker: Merkel

Hindustan Times  

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday that authorities believe a deadly rampage by a lorry driver at a Berlin Christmas market was a “terrorist” attack likely committed by an asylum seeker. “I know it will be especially hard for us to take if it is confirmed that the person who committed this attack sought protection and asylum in Germany.” Merkel …

Berlin truck attack: Police call it an act of terror, suspect reportedly a Pakistani national
8 years, 3 months ago

Berlin truck attack: Police call it an act of terror, suspect reportedly a Pakistani national

Firstpost  

Witnesses in Berlin described scenes of panic and horror as the lorry veered off the street and ploughed into the crowded Christmas market. Berlin: German police on Tuesday said they were probing a “suspected terrorist attack” after a man ploughed a lorry into a Christmas market in Berlin that left 12 dead. “All police measures related to the suspected terrorist …

Berlin Christmas market incident probably 'terror attack' carried out by asylum seeker
8 years, 3 months ago

Berlin Christmas market incident probably 'terror attack' carried out by asylum seeker

The Independent  

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Berlin attack: Truck was driven into Christmas market crowd on purpose, police say
8 years, 3 months ago

Berlin attack: Truck was driven into Christmas market crowd on purpose, police say

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Berlin police said on Tuesday …

Trucker Mows Down 12 in Suspected Terror Attack in Berlin Market
8 years, 3 months ago

Trucker Mows Down 12 in Suspected Terror Attack in Berlin Market

The Quint  

The popular Christmas market outside the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church was filled with a mix of tourists and locals when the large Scania truck hurtled into it. Germany's top security official said initial evidence pointed to an intentional act, and the White House condemned "what appears to have been a terrorist attack." The three-meter tall tree lay fallen on the …

Truck rams into German Christmas market, killing 12 people
8 years, 3 months ago

Truck rams into German Christmas market, killing 12 people

Associated Press  

BERLIN — A truck rammed into a crowded Christmas market in central Berlin on Monday evening, killing 12 people and injuring nearly 50 as it smashed through tables and wooden stands. Germany’s top security official said initial evidence pointed to an intentional act, and the White House condemned “what appears to have been a terrorist attack.” Police said early Tuesday …

Berlin attack: ISIS claims it inspired truck assault
8 years, 3 months ago

Berlin attack: ISIS claims it inspired truck assault

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Are you in the area? Story highlights Authorities release man they detained after truck hit crowd ISIS says it inspired attack Berlin CNN — German authorities released a man and intensified their manhunt for the person who plowed a tractor-trailer truck into a crowd at a Berlin Christmas market, even as ISIS claimed Tuesday that it inspired the …

Deadly attacks in Germany have targeted public life
8 years, 3 months ago

Deadly attacks in Germany have targeted public life

CNN  

Story highlights 12 people killed in Berlin, several more injured Market is latest aspect of German life targeted CNN — Over the course of 2016 there have been a string of terror attacks and foiled terror plots in Germany. SVEN HOPPE/DPA/EPA /LANDOV Two train stations in Munich were evacuated and train services stopped as Germany celebrated the beginning of 2016 …

Berlin Christmas market 'attack': Suspected driver of lorry which ploughed through crowd arrested
8 years, 3 months ago

Berlin Christmas market 'attack': Suspected driver of lorry which ploughed through crowd arrested

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The suspected driver of the …

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