Suspect in German Christmas market attack considered to be 'Islamophobic': Minister

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The Saudi suspect arrested at the scene of Germany's deadly car-ramming attack on a Christmas market is considered to hold 'Islamophobic' views, the interior minister said.

At least one person was killed and 68 injured in a suspected attack on a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg. Picture: Ronny Hartmann / AFPThe Saudi suspect arrested at the scene of Germany's deadly car-ramming attack on a Christmas market is considered to hold"Islamophobic" views, the interior minister said on Saturday.

The attack killed five people and wounded more than 200, Saxony-Anhalt state premier Reiner Haseloff said on Saturday, updating the toll. He pledged that Germany would respond"with the full force of the law" over"the terrible attack that injured and killed so many people" close to the anniversary of a deadly 2016 jihadist attack on a Berlin Christmas market.

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