A driver rams his car into a crowd of people at a Christmas market in Germany

The German News Agency reported that a driver hit his car into a group of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday.

There was no immediate news on whether people were killed or injured.

The agency said, citing unidentified government officials in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, that the driver of the car was arrested. Regional government spokesman Matthias Schube and city spokesman Michael Reif said they suspected it was an attack.

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“This is a terrible event, especially now in the days before Christmas,” said Saxony-Anhalt Governor Rainer Haselof.

Haselov told the German news agency that he was on his way to Magdeburg but could not immediately provide any information about the victims or the cause of the accident.

Magdeburg, located west of Berlin, is the capital of the state of Saxony-Anhalt and has a population of about 240,000.

On December 19, 2016 in Berlin, an Islamic extremist attacker drove a truck into a crowd of Christmas market-goers, killing 13 people and wounding dozens. The attacker was killed days later in a shootout in Italy.

German Interior Minister Nancy Weisser said late last month that there were no concrete indications of a danger to Christmas markets this year, but it was wise to be vigilant.

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