The four other victims killed in the attack were adults, according to police. At least more people were injured when a car plowed into festive market-goers in the eastern German city, around 75 miles west of the capital Berlin, according to Minister President of Saxony-Anhalt Reiner Haseloff. The Magdeburg Christmas market will be closed for the remainder of the season, police told reporters Saturday. At least 41 of those injured in the attack are in serious condition, according to police.
Their lives are still thought to be in danger, according to Chancellor Olaf Scholz. A suspect -- a doctor from Saudi Arabia aged around 50 -- was arrested, Haselhoff said. The man has lived in Germany since A rental car was used in the attack, the minister said. He will be charged with 5 counts of murder and grievous bodily harm, according to police. The first emergency call came in at p. Police believe the suspect entered via the space left open for emergency vehicles to access the area.
The prosecutor said they are still clarifying the motive behind the attack, but said that it's possibly linked to "dissatisfaction with the treatment of refugees from Saudi Arabia and how they've been treated in Germany," but they will "need more time" to determine this.
Police said the suspect has undergone physical and psychological exams but police do not yet have the results. At Magdeburg Cathedral, a huge crowd gathered on Saturday inside and outside for a memorial service to the victims. Attendees included the mayor, Sholz and first responders. Elsewhere in the city, a smaller crowd held an anti-immigrant protest with a sign that said "Remigration" and waved German flags, as well as flags of Imperial Germany and ones reading "Homeland.
The United States is ready to provide assistance as recovery efforts continue and authorities investigate this horrible incident," Miller's statement continued. Scholz offered his condolences to those affected. My thanks go to the dedicated rescue workers in these anxious hours. Friday's ramming incident came almost exactly eight years after a similar terror attack at a Christmas market in the German capital. On Dec. A joint threat assessment about New Year's Eve in New York City's Times Square, for example, noted the use of vehicle-ramming alone or in conjunction with other tactics "has become a recurring tactic employed by threat actors in the West.
