52-year-old woman succumbs to injuries, German Christmas market attack toll rises to six

On 20 December, the 50-year-old suspect, a psychiatrist, drove his car into the Christmas market in Magdeburg hitting more than 200 people in just three minutes.

File image of secuirty forces at site of a Christmas market in central Germany after a driver rammed a car into a large crowd | Image on File | Reuters

Berlin: A 52-year-old woman has died in hospital from injuries sustained after a man drove his car into a German Christmas market last month, a spokesperson for the local public prosecutor’s office said on Monday, bringing the death toll from the attack to six.

The attack on Dec. 20 in the central city of Magdeburg that also left scores injured shocked the country and stirred up tensions over the charged issue of immigration.

Officials have described the suspect as a 50-year-old psychiatrist from Saudi Arabia with a history of anti-Islamic rhetoric and a sympathy for the far-right Alternative for Germany party.

Authorities said the suspected attacker used emergency exit points to drive onto the grounds of the Christmas market, where he picked up speed and ploughed into the crowds, hitting more than 200 people in a three-minute attack. He was arrested at the scene.

 

(Writing by Miranda Murray, Editing by Friederike Heine)

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