More than 200 people were injured, many seriously, when a Saudi doctor intentionally drove a black BMW into a busy Magdeburg, Germany, Christmas market Friday evening.

The suspect is a 50-year-old Saudi doctor who moved to Germany in 2006, Tamara Zieschang, the interior minister for the state of Saxony-Anhalt, said at a news conference. He has been practicing medicine in Bernburg, about 40 kilometers (25 miles ...

At least five people are dead and over 200 people have been injured, 40 critically, officials said. Latest updates.

This photo shows a street cordoned off near a Christmas market where a car rammed into a crowd in Magdeburg, Germany, Dec. 21, 2024. A car plowed through a Christmas market in the central German city of Magdeburg on Friday evening,

Among the dead was also a toddler along with an adult and the officials told Associated Press that the death toll may rise as some of the victims got seriously injured.

Of the injured, 15 are reported to be in critical condition, raising concerns that the death toll may increase; driver arrested

The death toll in the attack on a busy Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg has risen to five, the state governor said Saturday. Saxony-Anhalt Gov. Reiner Haseloff also said that more than 200 people in total were injured,

The death toll in the attack on a busy Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg has risen to five, with more than 200 people injured, the state governor said Saturday.

Authorities have identified the suspect as a Saudi doctor who arrived in Germany in 2006 and had received permanent residency. Police haven’t publicly named the suspect, in line with privacy rules, but some German news outlets have identified him as Taleb A. and reported that he was a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy.

A Saudi doctor drove into a market teeming with holiday shoppers in Magdeburg, an official said, as people mourned the victims and their shaken sense of security. Some 200 people were injured.

MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP) — Germans on Saturday mourned both the victims and their shaken sense of security after a Saudi doctor intentionally drove into a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers, killing at least five people, including a small child, and injuring at least 200 others.