Magdeburg: What we know so far about German Christmas market attack

A police investigation is under way after a car was 'driven at speed' into a crowd at a Christmas market in Germany. At least two people have been killed, including a small child, and dozens of others have been injured following the incident in Magdeburg, according to local officials. They say the suspect is a 50-year-old Saudi doctor who first came to Germany in 2006.

Earlier, deputy mayor Regina-Dolores Stieler-Hinz said one person had died and more than 50 people were injured, German news agency dpa reported. A city spokesman said all hospitals in Magdeburg were preparing for a 'mass casualty event'. What about the suspect? Saxony-Anhalt's interior minister, Tamara Zieschang, told reporters that the suspect is a 50-year-old Saudi doctor who first came to Germany in 2006.

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