Dossier
Christmas market attack
Coverage of Christmas market attack in the Nexus archive.
- Driver in 2024 Magdeburg Christmas market attack convicted of murder and given life sentence
A Saudi doctor has been convicted of murder for the 2024 car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, which resulted in six deaths.
- German court hands life term to Christmas market car attacker
A German court sentenced a 51-year-old Saudi psychiatrist to life imprisonment for driving a rented SUV into a crowded Christmas market in 2024, killing six people and injuring over 300. The court convicted him of six counts of murder and 338 counts of attempted murder, citing 'especially severe culpability' due to premeditated planning and execution of the attack.