An assailant rammed a car into a crowded Christmas market in Germany on Friday, killing at least five people and wounding at least 200 others. The detained suspect—a 50-year-old Saudi doctor—was known to accuse the German government of prioritizing Muslim immigrants over secular ones; police have not identified a motive.
The attack occurred in the central German city of Magdeburg, nearly 80 miles west of Berlin. Shortly after 7 pm local time, the driver maneuvered a rented car through a gap in the security barriers before accelerating through the crowded market. The assault lasted three minutes. Police arrested the driver at a streetcar stop as he tried to drive away from the square.
The Magdeburg attack is the latest in a string of deadly car-ramming assaults over the past decade. See a list here.
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