At least five people are dead and dozens more injured after a car ploughed through a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, as officials believe the incident was a deliberate attack

A 50-year-old man from Saudi Arabia identified as Taleb A drove into the Christmas market in Magdeburg with the death toll rising to five.

A tragic attack occurred in Magdeburg, resulting in the deaths of two people, including a child. The perpetrator, a 50-year-old doctor from Saudi Arabia, was apprehended by the police. According to media reports,

Saudi Arabia had warned Germany about the man suspected of carrying out the incident at the Magdeburg Christmas market, according to Saudi Arabian security sources. Saudi Arabia requested the extradition of the suspect,

A least one person has been killed and dozens injured in the incident, according to German public broadcaster MDR

Musk called for German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to "resign immediately" in response to an attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg.

German bishops expressed horror after a car attack at Magdeburg Christmas market left five dead and more than 200 injured.

With voters going to the polls in February, the tragedy ramps up concerns about security. A driver plowed a car at high speed into crowds of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg, adding further tension to an election campaign already riven by a bitter debate over migration.