Magdeburg LIVE: Five dead after Christmas market attack as Scholz condemns 'brutality'
Between 60 and 80 people have been injured at Magdeburg Christmas market in Germany after a car ploughed into pedestrians, according to local media reports. The German newspaper Bild reports that likely 60 to 80 people have been injured in the crash. It also reports that police have arrested the driver and are said to be "looking for explosives".
What we know about the suspect behind the German Christmas market attack
Identified by local media as 50-year-old Taleb A., a psychiatry and psychotherapy specialist, authorities said he has been living in Germany for two decades. He was arrested on site after plowing a black BMW into a Christmas market crowded with holiday shoppers Friday evening, killing at least five people and wounding about 200 others.
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