At least two people, a toddler and an adult, were killed when a car was purposefully driven into a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, as the suspect was named locally
Forced on the floor by armed police next to the wreck of the car used to drive into a busy Christmas market, the Magdeburg attack suspect is pictured for the first time, staring at approaching cops.
As many as 70 people are currently feared to have been injured in the atrocity. Regional government spokesperson Matthias Schuppe and city spokesperson Michael Reif said they suspected the attack was deliberate, reports The Mirror. The suspect, named as Taleb al-Abdulmohsen by MailOnline, was arrested Friday evening at the site of the attack as medical officials tended to the injured, and was taken into custody for questioning. Footage shared locally showed the moment of the arrest, as an armed police officer shouted at Taleb as he lay on the ground.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Interior Minister Nancy Faeser are due to travel to Magdeburg today, where a memorial service is to take place in the city cathedral in the evening. Chancellor Scholz wrote on X: "My thoughts are with the victims and their relatives. We stand beside them and beside the people of Magdeburg."
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