Moment suspect is arrested after car ploughs through busy Christmas market
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. The moment the man suspected of driving a car into crowds of people was arrested has been caught on camera. At least two people have died and 68 are injured after the crash at Magdeburg Christmas market in Germany this evening.
![[In this screen grab image from video, special police forces attend an incident at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, Friday Dec. 20, 2024. (Thomas Schulz/dpa via AP)]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SEI_233873648-c5f2.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Video footage of the arrest shows what appears to be armed police surrounding a dark-coloured car, as a man slowly exits and lies face-first on the ground. According to state leader Reiner Haselhoff, the suspect is a 50-year-old Saudi man who works as a doctor in the Saxony-Anhalt district, who has lived in Germany since 2006.
It’s been reported that a suspected explosive device was also found in the car, but this has not yet been confirmed by official sources. Local authorities said that around 100 firefighters are at the scene with seven fire brigades, while 50 rescue service personnel are there.
Video footage too graphic to share appears to show the dark car careening into the dense crowd, leaving dozens of people lying on the floor. Within seconds, crowds of people could be seen running away from the chaotic scene. Separate footage showed children crying loudly as several small crowds of people formed over those injured in the crash, in apparent attempts to help them.
