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People lay flowers and light candles on concrete blocks that protect the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, where a car drove into a crowd on Friday evening.

An attack on a German Christmas market left five dead and dozens injured Friday night. The three-minute attack, committed by a Saudi doctor, horrified visitors celebrating the holidays with one of ...

The city of Magdeburg, population 240,000, used to be part of Communist East Germany. The year’s Christmas market is in the old market square, just in front of City Hall.

Security guards stand in front of a cordoned-off Christmas Market after a car crashed into a crowd of people, in Magdeburg, Germany, Saturday early morning, Dec. 21, 2024. Ebrahim Noroozi / AP ...

At least five people, including a 9-year-old child, were killed in the attack, which took place in the eastern city of Magdeburg. The authorities are still seeking a motive.

COLLARD: After an attack on a Christmas market in Berlin in 2016, which killed 13 people, security was beefed up at markets this time of year. Many have concrete barriers and a heavy police presence.

A German police officer aims his gun at the driver suspected of driving his car into a crowded Christmas market in Magdeburg on Dec. 20, 2024. TNN/DPA via AP 12 ...

The suspect, a 50-year-old doctor from Saudi Arabia who has lived in Germany for decades, is “clearly Islamophobic,” the German interior minister said. Police have yet to determine a motive.