A driver stole a car and crashed into a crowd of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, German news agency dpa reported.
There were no reports of casualties or injuries.
The driver of the car has been arrested, the agency said, citing unnamed government officials in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. State government spokesman Matthias Schuppe and city spokesman Michael Reif said they suspected it was an attack.
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“This is a bad event, especially in the days before Christmas,” said Gov. Saxony-Anhalt. Reiner Haseloff.
Haseloff told dpa that he was on his way to Magdeburg but could not immediately say about the victims or what caused the incident.
Magdeburg, west of Berlin, is the capital of the state of Saxony-Anhalt and has about 240,000 inhabitants.
On Dec. 19, 2016 in Berlin, an Islamic extremist attacker rammed a truck into a crowd of people attending a Christmas market, leaving 13 people dead and dozens injured. The attacker was killed days later in a shootout in Italy.
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said late last month that there were no concrete signs of danger at Christmas markets this year, but said it was wise to be cautious.
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