Berlin boosts police presence at city’s Christmas markets

 Berlin is increasing the police presence at the city’s Christmas markets following the attack in Magdeburg on Friday evening.

“The security authorities are in close contact with each other. As a precaution, the Berlin police will increase their presence at the city’s Christmas markets,” the city’s Interior Minister Iris Spranger said in a statement posted on X.

Friday’s attack came eight years after a similar attack at a Christmas market in Berlin when a hijacked truck barreled into a crowd.