We have received reports that a car has driven into a group of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg.
German news agency dpa reports that the driver has been arrested.
Police said on X that extensive operations were taking place at the Magdeburg Christmas market.
The market in the city centre was closed and further reports would follow, police added.
Magdeburg, which is west of Berlin, is the state capital of Saxony-Anhalt and has a population of about 240,000.
