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Germany in shock after car rams into Christmas market

Kaukab Shairani
December 21, 2024

A driver plowed his car into a busy Christmas market in the city of Magdeburg, killing at least two people and injuring more than 60. The incident raises memories of the deadly attack on a Christmas market in Berlin in 2016.

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