A new death toll from the Christmas market attack in Magdeburg

The Ministry of the Interior of the state of Saxony in Germany announced that the number of people injured as a result of an attack on the Christmas market in the city of Magdeburg two weeks ago had risen from 235 people.
The new number includes injured people who had not previously registered, or who were notified to the authorities following the attack.

Victims of the Christmas market attack in Magdeburg

The Ministry explained that 12 of the infected people were foreigners or had dual nationality.
On December 20, a 50-year-old man drove his car through a Christmas market in a square in the center of the city in central Germany, the capital of the state of Saxony-Anhalt.
Five people died as a result of the attack, and the accused is currently in custody while investigations continue.
Police in the coastal city of Bremerhaven in Germany arrested a man who threatened to commit serious crimes at a Christmas market in the city.

Car ramming attack in Magdeburg

Following the attack, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced the start of a review process in the coming days, following the car-ramming attack in the city of Magdeburg, eastern Germany.
She stated that the security services are in the process of doing so.” Birbock said that after the hit-and-run accident, the question arose as to whether it was possible to prevent this violent crime.

Baerbock also stressed that the focus during the days following the attack is on sympathy with those affected and the families of the victims, noting the importance of clarifying that Christmas markets will be preserved as “places of community solidarity and coexistence.”

Bloody attack in Germany

In turn, Interior Minister Nancy Weiser pledged to work to quickly uncover the circumstances of the crime, while German Chancellor Olaf Scholz described the bloody attack on the Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg as a “terrible and crazy act.”
“There is no place more peaceful and joyful than the Christmas market… What a terrible act,” Schulz explained at the time while inspecting the crime scene, announcing a comprehensive investigation into the crime, stressing that it is now important to conduct investigations with the utmost precision.