Eyewitness describes German Christmas market attack

Another eyewitness, Gianni Warzecha, told the BBC he was listening to Christmas music at the market with his girlfriend’s family when “suddenly there was a rumbling and the sound of shattered glass”.

“People began to panic,” he said. “I saw the car and people on the floor, people bleeding. There were also kids.

“I was concentrating on getting first aid to people. It took a few minutes for the first paramedics to arrive but it wasn’t enough because there were already 200 people hurt.

“Most of the first aid was done by people there.”

Lars Frohmüller, a reporter for the public broadcaster MDR who arrived at the Christmas market in Magdeburg shortly after the attack, told the BBC about what he saw.

“Everywhere were ambulances, there were police, there were a lot of fire workers.

“This was a real chaotic situation. We saw blood on the floor, we saw people sitting beside each other and having golden and silver foils around them. And we saw many doctors trying to keep people warm and help them with their injuries.

“It’s a big shock. It’s a big shock for every people here in Magdeburg and for every person in Saxony-Anhalt.”