Nearly seven Indian nationals were among those who sustained injuries in the Christmas market car attack in Magdeburg, Germany on Friday evening, according to official sources.
Further, three have been discharged from the hospital.
Indian mission is in touch with those "who are injured, as well as their families, and rendering all possible assistance," the ministry of external affairs said in a statement on Saturday.
"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. Our Mission is in contact with Indians who are injured, as well as their families, and rendering all possible assistance," it said.
Indian embassy in Berlin also said that it was maintaining "close contact with Indians who have been injured in unfortunate attack at Christmas market in Magdeburg."
Five people, including a 9-year-old child, were killed and over 60 injured when a Saudi doctor drove into a busy Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany.
Prosecutors are investigating a 50-year-old Saudi doctor, identified by German media as Taleb A, on charges of murder, attempted murder, and bodily harm. The suspect, a psychiatry and psychotherapy specialist, has been living in Germany since 2006 and practicing medicine in Bernburg, located around 25 miles south of Magdeburg, officials said.
Saudi Arabia expressed its "solidarity" with Germany shortly after the incident. The Saudi ministry of foreign affairs issued a statement on social media, expressed "solidarity with the German people and the families of the victims" while reaffirming the country's firm rejection of violence.
The attack occurred eight years after a similar tragedy in Berlin, when an Islamic extremist drove a truck into a packed Christmas market, killing 13 people and injuring many more. The attacker was later shot and killed in Italy following a police confrontation.
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