Ukrainian woman injured in attack on Christmas market in Magdeburg - MFA
Kyiv • UNN
A Ukrainian citizen born in 1972 was injured at a Christmas market in Magdeburg. The woman is in serious condition in a German clinic, and consuls are providing the necessary assistance.
A Ukrainian woman was injured in an attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg, she is being treated in a German clinic, UNN reports with reference to the Foreign Ministry.
"Among the victims of the attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg is a Ukrainian citizen born in 1972. She is in a serious condition in a German clinic," the statement said.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ukrainian Embassy in Germany and consuls are in touch with the clinic and are providing the necessary assistance.
"We hope for a speedy recovery of our citizen," the agency summarized.
Addendum
Friday's incident is not the first time people have been attacked at a Christmas market in Germany.
In 2016, Anis Amri, a Tunisian who had not been granted asylum in Germany and was affiliated with the so-called Islamic State (IS) group, drove a truck into a crowd gathered at a church fair in Berlin, killing 12 people and injuring 49.
Two years later, an armed man opened fire at a Christmas market in the eastern French city of Strasbourg, killing five people and injuring 11 others. The gunman was shot dead by police two days later.
