Attack on German Christmas market injures 60 people; at least 2 killed

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A car that drove through a crowded outdoor Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, Friday night killed at least two people and injured 60 more, authorities said.

The two people confirmed dead were an adult and a toddler, but officials said additional deaths couldn't be ruled out because 15 people had been seriously injured.The suspect is a 50-year-old Saudi doctor who moved to Germany in 2006, Tamara Zieschang, the interior minister for the state of Saxony-Anhalt, said at a news conference. He has been practicing medicine in Bernburg, about 40 kilometers south of Magdeburg, she said.

"My information is that a car drove into the Christmas market visitors, but I can’t yet say from what direction and how far."Magdeburg’s University Hospital said it was taking care of 10 to 20 patients but was preparing for more, dpa reported.Magdeburg, west of Berlin, is the state capital of Saxony-Anhalt and has about 240,000 residents.The suspected attack came eight years after an attack on a Christmas market in Berlin. On Dec.

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