Saudi Arabia condemns attack at German Christmas market
The Hindu
Saudi Arabia condemns Christmas market attack in Germany, expresses solidarity with victims, rejects violence.
Saudi Arabia condemned the ramming attack at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg on Friday (December 20, 2024),evening, the Gulf country's foreign ministry said in a statement on Saturday (December 21, 2024).
Police have arrested a suspect in the attack, which killed at least two people. A German official described the suspect as a doctor from Saudi Arabia who was acting alone.
The government expressed “solidarity with the German people and the families of the victims”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on social media platform X, and “affirmed its rejection of violence”.
Saudi Arabia's statement made no mention of the suspect.
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