Emergency personnel arrive to help the injured at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany on Friday, December 20.
‘It's absolute carnage’: What we know about incident at German Christmas market

A suspect is in custody after a car plowed into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany. CNN's Matthew Chance reports.

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