Saudi man arrested after deadly car attack on German Christmas market

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MAGDEBURG, Germany — German police arrested a Saudi Arabian man after a deadly car-ramming attack on a Christmas market Friday in which an SUV barrelled through a crowd of revellers at high speed, leaving a trail of bloody carnage.

At least two people were killed, one of them a young child, and 68 injured, said authorities in the city of Magdeburg, located about 130 kilometres southwest of Berlin.The suspect was a 50-year-old medical doctor from Saudi Arabia living in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, said regional premier Reiner Haseloff, speaking at a scene cordoned off and guarded by police commandos.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wrote on X that 'the reports from Magdeburg raise the worst fears.''My thoughts are with the victims and their families. We stand by their side and by the side of the people of Magdeburg. My thanks go to the dedicated rescue workers in these anxious hours.'Scholz was expected to travel to the city on Saturday, said the state premier.

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