ONE person is reportedly dead and dozens are injured after a car drove into a crowd at a German Christmas market.
The motor ploughed into revellers celebrating Christmas in Magdeburg throwing people around the festive area.
People were left lying on the ground after the BMW drove through the crowd[/caption]
One person has reportedly died while up to 80 people could be injured[/caption]
Cops are now at the scene investigating the incident[/caption]
A man is understood to have been arrested at the scene, reports Germany’s DPA news agency.
Some 60 to 80 people may have been injured, according to AFP.
The car – a dark coloured BMW – crashed through the barriers protecting the market and drove into shoppers just after 7pm.
People the fled after the SUV ploughed through a crowd.
Matthias Schuppe, a government spokesman in the province of Saxony-Anholt, said it was an “attack” in comments to local media.
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A spokesperson for local police said: “We do not yet know exactly what happened.”
Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff of Saxony-Anhalt is on his way to Magdeburg.
He said: “This is a terrible event, especially now in the days before Christmas.”
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