Magdeburg Christmas market attack: Moment suspect 'Taleb A' stares at armed cops after carnage
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Forced on the floor by armed police next to the wreck of the car used to drive into a busy Christmas market, the Magdeburg attack suspect is pictured for the first time, staring at approaching cops. At least two people, including a toddler, were killed and dozens more injured when a car was driven into people at a busy Christmas market in Germany. The horror incident unfolded on Friday evening at the market in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt.
As many as 70 people are currently feared to have been injured in the atrocity. Regional government spokesperson Matthias Schuppe and city spokesperson Michael Reif said they suspected the attack was deliberate. Follow the latest on the horror with our live blog.
A photo taken at the scene, shared by Bild, shows the bespectacled suspect on the ground next to a seriously damaged car with his neck arched up. He was named in Germany as Saudi Arabian native Taleb A. The 50-year-old has lived in Germany since 2006 and works as a doctor in the local hospital in Bernburg - around 28 miles from last night’s scenes of horror.
The suspect, named as Taleb al-Abdulmohsen by MailOnline, was arrested Friday evening at the site of the attack as medical officials tended to the injured, and was taken into custody for questioning. Footage shared locally showed the moment of the arrest, as an armed police officer shouted at Taleb as he lay on the ground.
