Five dead, more than 200 injured in car attack on German Christmas market [View all]

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Source: BBC

Five people have been killed, including a child, and more than 200 injured after a car drove into a crowd at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg, officials say.

Many people were critically injured, Reiner Haseloff, the premier of Saxony-Anhalt state, told reporters on Saturday. German media reported 41 critical injuries.

Haseloff told reporters on Friday that the suspect - who was arrested - was a 50-year-old Saudi citizen who arrived in Germany in 2006 and had worked as a doctor.

He said a preliminary investigation suggested the alleged attacker was acting as a lone wolf. He could not rule out further deaths due to the number of injured.

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdr0zx4e04no

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Earlier version was:
Car driven into crowd at German Christmas market, reports say
A car has crashed into a crowd at a Christmas market in east Germany, local media report.
A least one person has been killed and several injured in the incident in Magdeburg, according to German public broadcaster MDR.
The suspected driver of the car has also been arrested, MDR said, citing a government spokesman.
Video on social media shows a number of people laying on the ground and emergency services in attendance.

And updates from 2 dead to 4, to 5.