SINGAPORE: There aren’t any reviews of Singaporeans immediately affected or injured in an attack on a Christmas market in Germany, Singapore’s Ministry of International Affairs (MFA) stated on Sunday (Dec 22) morning.
MFA additionally suggested Singaporeans in Germany to keep away from crowded locations.
5 individuals, together with a nine-year-old baby, had been killed after a automobile ploughed by way of a crowd within the jap German metropolis of Mageburg on Friday night. Greater than 200 individuals had been additionally injured, dozens critically.
“Singapore condemns the horrific assault,” stated an MFA spokesperson. “There can’t be any justification for such assaults on harmless individuals. Our ideas are with the victims and their households, and we want the injured a fast restoration. We categorical our solidarity with the individuals of Germany throughout this era of grief and ache.”
The Singapore Embassy in Berlin has contacted eRegistered Singaporeans in Saxony-Anhalt, the state the place Magdeburg is situated. The embassy can be sustaining shut contact with native authorities to find out if any Singaporeans had been affected, stated MFA.
CCTV footage of the assault confirmed a black BMW SUV driving at excessive pace straight by way of a dense crowd.
The suspect, who was arrested on the scene, is a 50-year-old Saudi psychiatry doctor. Taleb al-Abdulmohsen held strongly anti-Islam views and was offended with Germany’s migrant and asylum coverage, officers stated on Saturday.
In an unpublished interview with AFP from 2022 for an unrelated story, Abdulmohsen offered himself as “a Saudi atheist”. Germany’s Inside Minister Nancy Fraser stated he held “Islamophobic” views.
MFA suggested Singaporeans in Germany to observe native information and heed the directions of the native authorities.
“They need to be vigilant and take the mandatory precautions, together with avoiding crowded locations, and particularly the incident website close to the Magdeburg Alter Markt district,” added the ministry.
Singaporeans who want pressing consular help ought to contact the embassy or the 24-hour Ministry of International Affairs Responsibility Workplace at:
Singapore Embassy in Berlin
Tel: +49 30 2263 430
Responsibility Hand-Telephone: +49 152 2341 2182
E mail: Singemb_ber [at] mfa.sg
MFA Responsibility Workplace (24-hours)
Tel: +65 6379 8800/8855
E mail: mfa_duty_officer [at] mfa.gov.sg