Magdeburg: Police arrest suspect after attack at German Christmas market

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Authorities in Germany say police have arrested a 50-year-old man from Saudi Arabia at the scene of the attack in Magdeburg.

The moment the suspect in a fatal attack on a German Christmas market was arrested has been captured on video by a passer-by. At least two people were killed, including a small child, and dozens of others injured when a car was 'driven at speed' into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, according to local officials. Officials say the suspect is a 50-year-old Saudi doctor who first came to Germany in 2006.

One of those who died was a small child, he said. Politicians and top government figures in Germany have shared their grief following the incident. Read more from Sky News:Russia should have invaded Ukraine 'earlier' says PutinSearch for missing MH370 to resume German chancellor Olaf Scholz wrote on the X social media platform: 'My thoughts are with the victims and their families. 'We stand by their side and by the side of the people of Magdeburg.

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