The Dutch authorities see an actual danger of assaults, in line with Nationwide Counterterrorism and Safety Coordinator, Pieter-Jaap Aalbersberg, following a lethal assault at a Christmas market in Magdeburg on Friday.
The Dutch authorities are holding in place the second-highest terror alert degree, 4 out of 5, which has utilized since December 2023. “Because of this the potential of an assault is actual,” he mentioned.
His company is awaiting additional data from Germany for a extra exact evaluation of the “heinous occasion” in Magdeburg, Aalbersberg added, in line with the Dutch information company ANP.
4 individuals died within the assault on the Christmas market in Magdeburg in line with safety sources and 41 had been critically injured when a person plowed a automobile into the market on Friday night.
Earlier, Prime Minister Dick Schoof was among the many many leaders to specific his condolences to the German authorities. “The Netherlands stands by our German neighbours in these darkish moments,” he mentioned in a put up on X.
His ideas had been with the victims and their households. The Dutch authorities will observe developments intently, he mentioned.
Police emergency automobiles are stationed in entrance of the Christmas market in Magdeburg. Nearly eight years to the day after the terrorist assault on the Berlin Christmas market on the Memorial Church, a person drives right into a crowd of individuals in Magdeburg. Matthias Bein/dpa
