The Christmas market is also being cleared in Erfurt. MDR-THÜRINGEN reporters report corresponding loudspeaker announcements. In addition, the police are on site with a large contingent.

The Magdeburg police cordoned off everything on site because, according to police information, an explosive device was suspected in the perpetrator’s vehicle.

There is still no reliable information on the number of injured or dead. The AFP news agency, referring to rescue workers, speaks of 60 to 80 injured. Tents were set up for reporters to receive medical care.

As a police spokesman said on Friday evening in Magdeburg, it is still unclear whether it was a lone perpetrator. A suspect has been arrested. The car in which the perpetrator drove into the crowd “at least 400 meters above the Christmas market” was still on site.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) was affected by the attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg. “The reports from Magdeburg foreshadow something bad,” Scholz wrote on Friday evening in the online service