'Germany stands in dark hours with Magdeburg': Memorial service held for Christmas market attack victims

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Four adults and a nine-year-old child were killed and more than 200 others were injured when a black BMW was driven into a crowd at a Christmas market.

A memorial service has taken place in Magdeburg, Germany, for the victims of a Christmas market attack. At least five people were killed and more than 200 others injured when a car ploughed into crowds shopping on Friday evening. Among those attending the service in the city's cathedral was Chancellor Olaf Scholz, interior minister Nancy Faeser and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

Saudi suspect being held The suspect is a 50-year-old Saudi citizen who worked as a doctor and arrived in Germany in 2006, premier of Saxony-Anhalt state Reiner Haseloff said. Taleb A is being investigated for five counts of suspected murder and 205 counts of suspected attempted murder, prosecutor Horst Walter Nopens said. The motive for the atrocity is not yet known.

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