One person killed & ‘several injured’ after car ‘drives straight into crowd’ at German Christmas Market as shoppers flee

ONE person is reportedly dead and dozens are injured after a car drove into a crowd at a German Christmas market.

The motor ploughed into revellers celebrating Christmas in Magdeburg throwing people around the festive area.

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A man is understood to have been arrested at the scene, reports Germany's DPA news agency.

Some 60 to 80 people may have been injured, according to AFP.

The car - a dark coloured BMW - crashed through the barriers protecting the market and drove into shoppers just after 7pm.

People the fled after the SUV ploughed through a crowd.

Matthias Schuppe, a government spokesman in the province of Saxony-Anholt, said it was an “attack” in comments to local media.

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A spokesperson for local police said: “We do not yet know exactly what happened.”

Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff of Saxony-Anhalt is on his way to Magdeburg.

He said: "This is a terrible event, especially now in the days before Christmas."

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