People leave candles and floral tributes, on Dec 22, 2024, near the 'Alter Markt' Christmas market, where a man drove a car into the crowd through an emergency exit route, in Magdeburg, Germany. (File photo: REUTERS/Annegret Hilse)on a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg in December has risen to six, prosecutors said on Monday (Jan 6).
A 52-year-old woman has died in hospital as a result of injuries she sustained in the attack, the prosecutors in the nearby city of Naumburg said. A black BMW ploughed through the traditional market on Dec 20, running over and scattering bodies amid the festive stalls. A total of 299 people were injured in the attack, according to the latest figures from the state interior ministry.Abdulmohsen had in many online posts voiced strongly anti-Islam views, anger at German authorities and support for far-right conspiracy narratives on the'Islamisation' of Europe. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said there were signs the suspect was suffering from a psychiatric illness. The attack came two months ahead of a general election in Germany. It has reignited a heated debate about security and immigration after several deadly knife attacks last year blamed on Islamist extremists. The far-right Alternative for Germany party, which is currently polling in second place, held what it called a memorial rally for the victims and demanded that German
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