Suspect in German Christmas market attack remanded on murder charges

Nine-year-old girl is among at least five killed by man who drove car into a market in Magdeburg on Friday

Police in the central city of Magdeburg where the attack happened on Friday also reported scuffles at a far-right demonstration attended by around 2,100 people on Saturday night, while other residents took part in sombre remembrance events.A magistrate ordered the man, identified in German media as Taleb A, into pretrial custody after prosecutors pressed charges of murder on five counts, multiple counts of attempted murder and grievous bodily harm, according to a police statement.

German authorities have not named the suspect, who has permanent resident status in Germany, and media reports do not give his full name in keeping with local privacy laws. Protesters wearing black balaclavas could be seen holding a large banner with the word 'remigration', a term popular with far-right supporters seeking the mass deportation of migrants and people deemed not ethnically German.

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