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Serious cases: 80 people were injured in a run-over accident in a market in Germany

Between 60 and 80 people were injured when a car collided with visitors to a Christmas market on Friday in the northern German city of Magdeburg, a local emergency services spokesman told AFP.
Emergency services reported a number of wounded in “serious” condition, and media outlets reported several deaths, indicating that an attack had occurred.

An accident in Germany

A car hit a group of people at a Christmas market in the city of Magdeburg in central Germany on Friday evening.

80 people were injured in a Christmas market accident in Germany - DPA

Local government sources said that the police arrested the driver. Videos on social media sites showed the Christmas market, located near the municipal building, crowded with ambulances and paramedics.
A spokesman for the German state government of Magdeburg said that the car that hit a group of people at a Christmas market in the city of Magdeburg “may have been an attack.”

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