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India has strongly condemned the car attack on a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg on Friday, which left five people dead and over 200 injured. 7 Indians were also injured in the attack. The Indian Foreign Ministry issued a statement expressing grief over the incident. The ministry said in its statement-
We strongly condemn this horrific attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany. Many precious lives have been lost in this attack, and many people have been injured. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families.
The ministry said the Indian mission is in touch with the injured Indian nationals and their families. All possible help is being provided to them. Of the 7 Indian citizens injured, 3 have been discharged from the hospital.
Saudi accused attacker arrested
A Saudi Arabian doctor has been arrested for attack in the Christmas market. The accused attacker has been living in Germany’s eastern state Saxony-Anhalt since 2006. Saxony-Anhalt said after the arrest of the accused, ‘The attacker carried out the incident alone. The motive behind the attack could not be known.
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The attacker had rented a BMW car before the attack. He was driving it at such a speed that it got badly damaged due to the collision.
Police and rescue teams reached the spot immediately after the incident.
A Christmas market is held every year in Magdeburg.
Magdeburg is the capital of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The city is situated on the banks of the Elbe River and has a population of approximately 2.40 lakh.
The city is located about an hour and a half drive from Berlin. Magdeburg holds a Christmas market once a year and draws large crowds.
The attacker got refugee status in 2016
According to The Guardian, the attacker’s name is Taleb. He is a psychiatrist. Taleb had been living in Germany since 2006, and was granted refugee status in 2016. He was practicing medicine in Bernburg, about 40 kilometers from the city of Magdeburg. He had rented a BMW car before the attack. At present, no connection of the attacker with fundamentalists has been found.
13 people lost their lives in such an incident in 2016
The incident is reminiscent of a major terrorist incident in Berlin on 19 December 2016, when an Islamic extremist drove a truck into a crowd at a Christmas market. 13 people were killed and dozens were injured in the incident. That attacker was killed a few days later in a police encounter in Italy.
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