Germany latest: At least five confirmed dead and more than 200 injured in Christmas market attack

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has arrived in Magdeburg where a car was driven into crowds of people at the festive market on Friday night, describing the attack as an 'awful crime'.

The suspect arrested in connection with the Christmas market attack was Islamophobic, interior minister Nancy Faeser told reporters.The minister declined to elaborate on the man's political affiliations. If you're just checking in, at least five have been killed and more than 200 injured after a car drove into a crowd at a Christmas market in Germany.'Christmas in Magdeburg is over'City councillor for public order Ronni Krug said:"Christmas in Magdeburg is over.

He speaks of the"brutality" of killing and injuring so many people in a place where families come together to celebrate.More than 200 were injured in total. Five people were killed.He commends the professionalism of the emergency services and those who cared for the injured.The chancellor calls on the nation to stand together against hate. Saxony Anhalt state premier Reiner Haseloff says the number of people killed in the Magdeburg Christmas market attack has risen to 5.

Among them were angel statues and a stuffed animal, a lamb, after four people were confirmed dead including a young child. European police authorities will be looking to their German counterparts to get as much information from this attack as possible, says police commentator Graham Whettone.

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