German Christmas market victims including nine-year-old child and four adults, officials reveal as murder and attempted murder charges are being prepared
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Four adults and a nine-year-old child have been killed in a horrifying attack on a Christmas market in Germany. Officials confirmed that at least five people have died after a car rammed into a massive crowd of shoppers at a Christmas market in Magdeburg at around 7pm on December 20 with a dark BMW.
![[Debris and closed stalls are seen on Saturday at the site of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/15/93382363-14216817-image-a-40_1734795759835.jpg)
At least 205 people have also been injured during the massacre, while the suspect, a 50-year-old Saudi doctor, has also been arrested. Prosecutor Horst Nopens said he is under investigation on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and bodily harm. He is currently being questioned.
![[Director of the Magdeburg Police Inspectorate Tom-Oliver Langhans pictrued during a press conference on Saturday where officials revealed four adults and a nine-year-old child were killed in a horrifying attack]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/15/93383073-14216817-image-a-53_1734796274468.jpg)
The country has been in mourning following Friday's attack, with locals placing candles and tributes at the site where the car drove into a crowd. The motive in the attack remains unclear at this stage, although officials said the suspect's anger over the treatment of Saudi Arabian refugees in Germany may have been a factor.
![[People stand next to candles and tributes near the site where a car drove into a crowd at a Magdeburg Christmas market]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/15/93382969-14216817-image-a-41_1734795878603.jpg)
Firefighters patrol the scene of the crash on Friday after a car rammed into a massive crowd of shoppers at a Christmas market in Magdeburg at around 7pm. Debris and closed stalls are seen on Saturday at the site of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg.
![[The country has been in mourning following Friday's attack, with locals placing candles and tributes at the site where a car drove into a crowd]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/15/93382919-14216817-image-a-31_1734795329851.jpg)
Director of the Magdeburg Police Inspectorate Tom-Oliver Langhans pictrued during a press conference on Saturday where officials revealed four adults and a nine-year-old child were killed in a horrifying attack. People stand next to candles and tributes near the site where a car drove into a crowd at a Magdeburg Christmas market.
![[Plush toys, candles and floral tributes lie near the site where a car drove into a crowd at a Magdeburg Christmas market]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/15/93383081-14216817-image-a-52_1734796242516.jpg)
