A car drove into a crowd at a Christmas market in the eastern German town of Magdeburg, broadcaster MDR and other local media said on Friday, citing a local government official.
At least one person was killed and several were injured, MDR’s report said, citing local police.
Emergency services attend an incident at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on Friday .Credit: AP
The suspected driver of the car was arrested, according to MDR.
Regional government spokesperson Matthias Schuppe and city spokesperson Michael Reif said they suspected it was an attack.
Police and the local government’s spokesperson were not immediately available for comment.
Many police officers and emergency services were on site, and the market manager had told people to leave the city centre, MDR said.
Eyewitnesses told the broadcaster that the car drove straight into the crowd at the market, in the direction of the town hall.
Magdeburg, which is west of Berlin, is the state capital of Saxony-Anhalt and has about 240,000 inhabitants.
On December 19, 2016 in Berlin, an Islamic extremist attacker ploughed through a crowd of Christmas market-goers with a truck, leaving 13 people dead and injuring dozens more. The attacker was killed days later in a shootout in Italy.
