A driver was arrested after driving into a crowd of people at a Christmas market in Germany.
At least 20 injuries in a suspected terror attack, the Telegraph reported. There were unconfirmed reports that some victims were killed.
It happened Friday in Magdeburg, the news agency dpa reported.
NOW - Attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany. Several people are dead and injured, the MDR is reporting. pic.twitter.com/JLZ7E1ctSh
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A graphic video captured by a security camera showed the car slamming into a throng of pedestrians at a high rate of speed.
It happened as people were visiting vendor stalls in the alley.
CONTENT WARNING: Gruesome footage of the moment a vehicle drove straight through the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany. pic.twitter.com/Q1OQYAqaeY
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Magdeburg is west of Berlin and has about 240,000 inhabitants, according to the Associated Press.
Security has been a concern at Christmas markets in Germany since a 2016 incident when an Islamic extremist attacker drove a truck through a crowd in Berlin, killing 13 people.
