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The suspect, a 50-year-old doctor from Saudi Arabia who has lived in Germany for decades, is “clearly Islamophobic,” the German interior minister said. Police have yet to determine a motive.

Germany also banned knives at Christmas markets this year, after a deadly knife attack at a festival in August. Offenders now face a fine of up to 10,000 euros (more than $10,400).

At least five people, including a 9-year-old child, were killed in the attack, which took place in the eastern city of Magdeburg. The authorities are still seeking a motive.

MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP) — Four women and a 9-year-old boy were killed and 200 people were injured when a man drove into a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers in the German city of ...

COLLARD: After an attack on a Christmas market in Berlin in 2016, which killed 13 people, security was beefed up at markets this time of year. Many have concrete barriers and a heavy police presence.

A woman lays flowers at a memorial outside the Johanniskirche near the site of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on December 22, 2024.

The Saudi doctor arrested for the depraved and deadly car attack on a Christmas market in Germany has been identified as an anti-Islam activist, according to reports.. The man — Taleb A ...

The Christmas market, where a car drove into a crowd on Friday evening, in Magdeburg, Germany, is empty on Saturday evening , Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) Expand ...

At least five people were killed and 200 injured after a man drove a car into a bustling outdoor Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on Friday night. The number of victims in the attack, which ...

What we know about the suspect in deadly car crash at German Christmas market 04:21. As Germany mourns the death of at least five people after a vehicle intentionally plowed into a crowded ...