Four adults and a nine-year-old child have been killed in a horrifying attack on a Christmas market in Germany.
Several German media outlets identified the suspect as Taleb A., withholding his last name in line with privacy laws, and reported that he was a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy. The country has been in mourning following Friday's attack, with locals placing candles and tributes at the site where the car drove into a crowd.
Several German media outlets identified the suspect as Taleb A , and reported that he was a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy The suspect is currently being interviewed by police and it is believed he was working alone, he added. A Berlin church choir whose members witnessed a previous Christmas market attack in 2016 sang Amazing Grace, a hymn about God's mercy, offering their prayers and solidarity with the victims.
People lay flowers at a makeshift memorial near the site of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg The violence shocked Germany and the city, bringing its mayor to the verge of tears and marring a festive event that's part of a centuries-old German tradition. Verified bystander footage distributed by the German news agency dpa showed the suspect's arrest at a tram stop in the middle of the road.
The country has been in mourning following Friday's attack, with locals placing candles and tributes at the site where a car drove into a crowd