The Magdeburg Christmas market attack cast a dark shadow over Christmas, the German federal president Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in his Christmas greeting.
A man from Saudi Arabia drove into the crowd on Friday. At least five people died in the attack.
– Hatred and violence must not have the last word. Let’s not let ourselves be driven apart. Let us stand united, Steinmeier said.
In a traditional Christmas speech, the German federal president spoke of the “pain, fear and confusion” caused by the event and called for national unity in his speech.
Recently, there has been a heated debate in Germany about, among other things, security and immigration.
Sources: AP, AFP