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Two Christmas markets in Birmingham, England, were not cancelled due to security threats as suggested by posts on Facebook referencing a headline from Birmingham Live but because of strong winds.

Police say the driver is under arrest after plowing into the crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, killing at least five people - including a 9-year-old - and injuring 200 others.

In terms of the odds, though, he noted there are countless Christmas markets — at least “1 million,” he said, with exaggeration — in his homeland, which is where the tradition originated.

The Christmas market, where a car drove into a crowd on Friday evening, in Magdeburg, Germany, is empty on Saturday evening , Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) ...

He will be charged with 5 counts of murder and grievous bodily harm, according to police. A car drives through the annual Christmas market in the city center, Dec. 20, 2024, in Magdeburg, Germany.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, centre, speaks at a Christmas Market, where a car drove into a crowd on Friday evening, in Magdeburg, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) ...

A driver rammed a car into a Christmas market in the eastern German town of Magdeburg, leaving at least two dead and more than 60 wounded, according to local officials, in a setback for local ...

A festive Christmas market in Eastern Germany erupted into chaos after a car was driven into a group of people in the city of Magdeburg on Friday in a suspected terrorist attack.

CNA Staff, Dec 20, 2024 / 15:55 pm A car driven by a Saudi Arabian immigrant rammed into a crowd at a Christmas market Friday evening in the central German city of Magdeburg, killing at least two ...

More than 200 people were injured, many seriously, when a Saudi doctor intentionally drove a black BMW into a busy Magdeburg, Germany, Christmas market Friday evening.

In 2019, there were more than 3,000 Christmas markets across the country and now, in rural communities, they are often held on different weekends, to promote local produce and attract visitors.