Magdeburg Christmas market attacker sentenced to life
Key takeaways
- A Magdeburg court has sentenced a 51-year-old to life after his 2024 attack on a Christmas market in the city.
- The judge sentenced the defendant to life in prison and said that the German equivalent of a first-degree murder charge in the US — known in German as a particular severity of guilt — had been established.
- The attack on December 20 killed five women and a 9-year-old child, with more than 300 sustaining injuries.
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A Magdeburg court has sentenced a 51-year-old to life after his 2024 attack on a Christmas market in the city. He drove a rental car through a security cordon and into a crowd, killing six and injuring more than 300.
https://p.dw.com/p/5G62AThe attack killed six people and wounded hundreds (FILE: December 21, 2024)Image: pictureteam/IMAGOAdvertisement Magdeburg's State Court has found a 51-year-old psychiatrist from Saudi Arabia guilty of murder for driving a rental car into a crowd at the Christmas market in the eastern city in 2024.
The judge sentenced the defendant to life in prison and said that the German equivalent of a first-degree murder charge in the US — known in German as a particular severity of guilt — had been established. This removes the possibilty of early parole.