11:06⇢Magdeburg Attack Becomes Political Football
⌨The newspapers report on emerging details of the Magdeburg Christmas market attack, with multiple sources debating the political instrumentalization of the incident. Die Welt criticizes various political camps for attributing different motivations to the attacker, while Der Spiegel questions whether authorities could have prevented the incident given the suspect's history of threats. In parallel coverage, North Korean soldiers are reported fighting in Ukraine (FR, merkur.de), and a major fire has broken out at Karls Erdbeerhof near Rostock (Bild).