Magdeburg Christmas market. The Christmas market in the city center is closed,” police said in a post on X. Police also released a hotline for people affected so they can contact their relatives. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned of a difficult time ahead. Police in New York City have increased security at holiday markets as a precaution and in response to the incident in Germany, a senior NYPD official told NBC News on Friday. Additional resources will be sent to numerous holiday markets and high-profile locations across the city. Threats have been made to some markets overseas, but no specific local threat has been made, the official said “My thoughts are with the victims and their families,” Scholz said in a post on X. “We stand by their side and by the side of the people of Magdeburg. My thanks go to the dedicated rescue workers in these anxious hours.” Germany’s Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck lamented the incident calling it “terrible news” in a post on X. In an eerily similar incident, a driver plowed into a Christmas market in 2016 in Berlin, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens more. Read more from NBC News: