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Update

At least 11 dead, sources report. [1]https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/20/germany-magdeburg-christmas-market/?msockid=3ffb1c7b735c6a9409f90eb372756b4f Internationed (talk) 20:31, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is not an official report from a German newspaper that is not reliable. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 20:51, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

+1 2A02:3038:20A:EFE7:B8BB:856D:9672:D927 (talk) 21:18, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Football

Weird heading, I know, @ElijahPepe (tagging you because you're the one I've seen the most of) I've seen some initial reporting from Daily Mail and FootBoom saying that there was a football game between FC Magdeburg and Fortuna Düsseldorf that was in its second half when the attack happened. Reportedly this fact was broadcast in the stadium and seemed to have affected fans on both sides, would it be worth mentioning if/when better sources come in? CommissarDoggo^Talk? 20:56, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would add it to the "Domestic" section as soon as better sources can be found. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 20:58, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I'll keep an eye out. CommissarDoggo^Talk? 20:59, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WP:BRD

@2a02:3038:20a:efe7:b8bb:856d:9672:d927 Would you mind explaining why you believe that an individual being arrested on suspicion of planning an attack against a Christmas market is somehow not relevant to the background of an attack on a Christmas market? CommissarDoggo^Talk? 21:23, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's wikipedia, we have to deal with the bias Jjbomb (talk) 21:30, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's nothing new to Germany. What's new is that the security measures where pretty poor, because every Xmas market is secured with concrete barricades. In this case, they failed. 2A02:3038:20A:EFE7:B8BB:856D:9672:D927 (talk) 21:37, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Of course it is nothing new in germany, the millions of people that have been brought in certainly do not integrate well, and now this attack in a german christmas celebration Jjbomb (talk) 21:40, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Business as usual. Like school shootings in the US. Do we cite every attempted school shooting in an actual article? 2A02:3038:20A:EFE7:B8BB:856D:9672:D927 (talk) 21:44, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It may be nothing new, but ultimately that info is about a suspected attack that was supposedly going to be conducted against a Christmas market this year. I fail to see how it's unworthy of note when sources about this attack are mentioning it. CommissarDoggo^Talk? 21:40, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As above. 2A02:3038:20A:EFE7:B8BB:856D:9672:D927 (talk) 21:44, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That doesn't address the fact that the arrest was noted by sources directly relating to this attack; if said attempted/suspected school shooting arrests were noted by sources, we would be having this conversation there as well. CommissarDoggo^Talk? 21:48, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I see. I guess I pass then. 2A02:3038:20A:EFE7:B8BB:856D:9672:D927 (talk) 21:49, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Edit war

Please be aware of the pending edit war in the article. It is all about this fragment: [2]. Karol739 (talk) 22:00, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No need for an edit war. Both cases are connected. Editors should add, that the attacker was a practising psychiatrist. Really strange, since the guy has all the means to calm himself down from a rage. 2A02:3038:20A:EFE7:B8BB:856D:9672:D927 (talk) 22:04, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have any source for the information that he was a psychiatrist? Thanks in advance, Karol739 (talk) 22:05, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's in the article now: The suspect, a consultant for psychiatry and psychotherapy, was recognised as a refugee in 2016. [3] 2A02:3038:20A:EFE7:B8BB:856D:9672:D927 (talk) 22:31, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I've added that. Thanks a lot! Karol739 (talk) 22:34, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Background

I think the Background section should mention a recent plot related with German Christmas markets: https://www.politico.eu/article/terror-attack-bavaria-christmas-market-foiled-terrorism-isis-islamic-state-extremism-far-right-police/ 31.221.146.133 (talk) 22:42, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]