Magdeburg: Tributes to nine-year-old killed in Christmas market assault

An area hearth brigade has paid tribute to a nine-year-old killed in an assault on a German Christmas market.

André Gleißner died after a automotive drove right into a crowd of consumers on the market in Magdeburg on Friday night, in keeping with the Schöppenstedt hearth division.

In a press release they stated he was a member of the kids’s hearth brigade in Warle, which is about an hour’s drive from Magdeburg.

4 ladies, aged 45, 52, 67 and 75, additionally died within the assault. Authorities are holding a suspect in pre-trial detention on counts of homicide, tried homicide and harmful bodily hurt.

“Our ideas are with André’s kin, who we additionally wish to help throughout this troublesome time,” the hearth division’s assertion stated.

The Decrease Saxony youth hearth brigade additionally paid tribute to the nine-year-old.

“Our condolences exit to his household, his buddies and everybody who was near him,” it stated in a press release.

“We stand by their facet in these troublesome occasions and categorical our deepest sympathy,” it added.

The assault on Friday left greater than 200 individuals injured, with some left in a important situation.

The 4 ladies who had been additionally killed haven’t but been recognized.