They are still confused and, understandably, a little angry in the centre of Essen, though the mood is very much calmer than it was a few days ago.
Back then, many people were scared witless, grabbing their children and running for the exits. As I stand here, amid the oom-pah music, the fairy lights and the little stalls selling hot chocolate, hefty sausages, toys, candles and all the ephemera you would expect at a traditional German market, I can see why.
For in mid-afternoon on Sunday December 8, this snug ambiance – what the Germans like to call 'gemutlichkeit' - was suddenly disrupted by chants of 'Allahu Akbar'.
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