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Contents. 2016 Berlin truck attack. On 19 December 2016, a truck was deliberately driven into the Christmas market next to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin, leaving 12 people dead and 56 others injured. One of the victims was the truck's original driver, Łukasz Urban, who was found shot dead in the passenger seat.
On the evening of 11 December 2018, a terrorist attack [ 1] occurred in Strasbourg, France, when a man attacked civilians in the city's busy Christkindelsmärik (Christmas market) with a revolver and a knife, killing five and wounding 11 before fleeing in a taxi. [ 2][ 3][ 4] Authorities called the shooting an act of terrorism. [ 5][ 6] The ...
Christkindelsmärik, Strasbourg. / 49.03691; 7.9436. Christkindelsmärik ( Alsatian dialect meaning "Market of the Christ Child") is a Christmas market held annually in Strasbourg, France, on the Grande Île, near Strasbourg Cathedral and the Place Kléber. [1] [2] It draws in approximately 2 million visitors each year and since the arrival of ...
A Pakistani asylum-seeker arrested on suspicion of killing 12 people by mowing through a Berlin Christmas market in a truck may not be the attacker, and the real perpetrator could still be on the ...
A migrant from Pakistan was identified Tuesday as a suspect in a truck attack on a crowded Christmas market in Germany's capital.
A German court on Friday convicted a 15-year-old boy of plotting an Islamic extremist attack on a Christmas market and gave him a four-year sentence. The Cologne state court said the boy was ...
Waukesha Christmas parade attack. Site of the incident on the corner of Barstow and Main streets on November 22, Police investigate behind the yellow caution tape. Location. Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S. Coordinates. 43°00′44″N 88°13′45″W. / 43.01222°N 88.22917°W / 43.01222; -88.22917.
On 19 December 2016, at about 20:00 local time, a truck-ramming attack was made on the Christmas market at Breitscheidplatz, killing thirteen people and injuring 48 others. In preparation for the Christmas market 2018, the square and its surrounding were fortified against further terrorist attacks.