German Christmas market attack: Child aged 9 among five killed

German Christmas market attack: Child aged 9 among five killed Getty, Ap and Reuters

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00:00Five people have now died after a car ploughed into a busy Christmas market in eastern Germany

00:11on Friday evening. Among the dead is a nine-year-old child. A further 200 people were injured,

00:1841 of them critically.

00:20Speaking at the scene in Magdeburg on Saturday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed to use

00:25the full strength of the law against the perpetrator.

00:29Police have arrested a 50-year-old Saudi doctor identified by local media as Talib A, who

00:35lived in Germany since 2006. And he's reportedly sympathised with Germany's far-right Alternative

00:42for Germany party.

00:44The attack has sparked global condemnation from world leaders, including UK Prime Minister

01:03Sir Keir Starmer, who said he was horrified by the atrocious attack. The Christmas market

01:09has now been closed.