Shavkat Mirziyoyev extended condolences to Germany following the tragedy in Magdeburg.

The President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, sent condolences to the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, following the tragic incident in Magdeburg, as reported by the press service of the head of state.

Mirziyoyev expressed heartfelt sympathy and support for the families of the victims, as well as wishing a speedy recovery to the injured.

At the Christmas market in the center of Magdeburg, a BMW driver deliberately drove into a crowd of people. As a result of the incident, four people died, and 205 were injured, 41 of whom are in extremely critical condition.

The driver was identified as a Saudi national who has been living in Germany since 2006 and obtained refugee status in 2016. The day before the tragedy, he claimed in his blog that German authorities were allegedly persecuting former Muslims from Saudi Arabia, while Syrian Islamists were being granted asylum.