German government to investigate whether more could have been done to prevent car attack that killed five
The German government has vowed to investigate whether a Christmas market car attack that kill…
This should have been the busiest day of the year in the Old Marketplace in Magdeburg, writes ROBERT HARDMAN, with squeals of excitement from the fairground rides. Instead, all stand empty.
Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, 50, rammed his SUV into a packed market in the town of Magdeburg on Friday night, killing nine-year-old André Gleißner and four women aged 45, 52, 67 and 75.
André Gleißner tragically died when a car rammed into a massive crowd of shoppers in Magdeburg at around 7pm on Friday night.
At least five people have been killed and over 200 people injured after an SUV ploughed through a crowd of people at the packed market in Magdeburg on Friday.
The minute's silence was interrupted by a man who screamed the racist phrase: 'Germany for the Germans', which was used by Hitler and the Nazis to convey that 'non-Germans aren't welcome'.
EXCLUSIVE: In harrowing detail, the father told MailOnline how the vehicle looked like a 'snowplough pushing bodies' as it sped in his direction in Magdeburg.
Saudi authorities said they warned German agencies about the Magdeburg car market attack suspect.