Seven Indian nationals were among over 200 injured in the car-ramming attack on Friday (21 December) in Germany, in which five people were killed.
The attacker, identified as a Saudi national, rammed his car into a busy Christmas market Friday in Magdeburg, Germany.
India has strongly denounced the attack, calling it “horrific and senseless.”
“We condemn the horrific and senseless attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany. Several precious lives have been lost and many have been injured. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims,” the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement Saturday.
“Our Mission is in contact with Indians who are injured, as well as their families, and rendering all possible assistance,” the statement said.
Of the seven Indian nationals that were injured, “three were discharged from hospital,” Indian Express reported citing sources.
According to reports, three of the seven injured Indian nationals have been discharged from the hospital. According to report, the 50-year-old Saudi man, who worked as a medical doctor in Germany, drove his car into the crowd at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, located in Saxony-Anhalt state.
Among those killed was a nine-year-old child.
The suspected attacker, Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, a Saudi national, had reportedly declared on social media that “something big will happen in Germany.”
The attacker, a self-claimed ex-Muslim, in his online posts reportedly often criticised Muslim immigration in Europe.
Al-Abdulmohsen was apprehended at the scene of the attack.
Authorities identified him as a Saudi doctor who moved to Germany in 2006 and worked as a psychiatrist in Bernburg, located just south of Magdeburg.
This incident occurred eight years after an Islamic State terrorist drove a truck into a Berlin Christmas market, resulting in 12 deaths and 49 injuries.