Car plows into Christmas market in Germany, killing at least 5 and injuring 200

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An investigation is underway after a driver plowed his car into a Christmas market in Germany leaving at least five people dead and more than 200 injured. A suspect is now in custody as police increase security around holiday markets in the U.S. NBC’s Daniele Hamamdjian reports for TODAY.

MUNICH — German authorities said on Saturday that the death toll from a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in eastern Germany had risen to five people, with more than 200 injured, dozens of them critically. The car plowed 1200 feet into a crowd in the narrow alley in Magdeburg, a city of about 240,000 people west of Berlin, where shoppers had gathered Friday night.

local time on Saturday, the city’s mayor told Germany’s public broadcaster DW. A memorial site has also been set up close to the attack site at St John’s Church. Without specifically mentioning the attacker's nationality, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the attack on X and expressed 'solidarity with the German people and the families of the victims.' State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said the U.S. is 'horrified by the attack.

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