Fatalities and injuries in German Christmas market attack
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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Danny Cox and in the early hours of Saturday the 21st of December, these are our main stories. German media reports say a number of people have been killed and many others injured after a car drove into a Christmas market in the eastern city of Magdeburg. A top U.S. diplomat has described Syria's new Islamist ruler as pragmatic after their first meeting and expressed hope for a sovereign Syria that respects the rights of all its citizens. Japan says it's coming up with a plan to dispose of 14 million cubic meters of radioactive soil. Some may be used in road embankments. Also in this podcast, scientists in Peru have discovered 27 new species in the northwest of the country, including an extremely rare type of amphibious mouse.
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Just days before Christmas and what should have been a festive event, a Christmas market in the East German city of Magdeburg has ended in tragedy as a car drove into the crowd at top speed. Dozens of ambulances were on the scene shortly after the incident. As we record this podcast, officials say a number of people have been killed, including a young child. Dozens of others were injured. The German state premier, Rainer Haseloff, had this to say. This is a terrible tragedy. It's a catastrophe for the city of Magdeburg and for Germany in general. For this to happen at a Christmas market, it is hard to comprehend. Local officials say they suspect it was a deliberate attack. TV pictures showed a suspect being arrested by police with guns drawn.
I heard more from our Berlin correspondent, Damien McGuinness.
Well, what officials have now told us is that at least two people have been killed, one of them a small child, one of them an adult, and it's thought that as many as 70 people could be injured, possibly 15 seriously injured. But of course, when you're talking about such large numbers, there's a lot of A lot of things that are unclear. You know, this is an ongoing situation, really. The whole area has been secured off now. The suspected perpetrator has been arrested and officials are describing this as an attack because the numbers are so big of people involved. It does sound like and it does seem, according to what police have been saying, that this was indeed a deliberate act. And it was a hired car that he drove into crowds at the Christmas market.
And I think that's what's really shocked people. You know, it's a time when people would be relaxing and enjoying the festive season. And Christmas markets are, of course, a big tradition across the country. And, you know, that just makes this an even more horrendous and horrific situation for all those involved.
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