Church bells ring across Magdeburg as city mourns victims of Christmas market attack

A nine-year-old child and four adults were killed and around 200 others injured, 41 of them so badly that authorities fear the death toll could rise.

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00:00Magdeburg Cathedral has hosted a memorial service for the victims of what's being treated

00:07as a deliberate attack on the city's Christmas market. At least five people were killed and

00:12200 others injured when a car drove into the market on Friday evening. Magdeburg marked

00:18the tragedy with church bells across the city tolling in unison at 7.04 p.m., the exact

00:23time of the attack. The driver of the vehicle, known only as Taleb Ayers, a 50-year-old doctor

00:29who immigrated from Saudi Arabia in 2006. He surrendered to police at the scene and

00:35is being investigated for five counts of suspected murder and 205 counts of suspected attempted

00:41murder. German media has been reporting that Saudi Arabia warned Germany about the suspect

00:48who ploughed into a busy Christmas market just a few days before Christmas. Despite

00:54the horror of the attack, Magdeburg's community has been coming together. However, questions

01:00are now arising as to how the perpetrator could manage to get through such tight security

01:06at Christmas market and how he could slip through the cracks with security services.

01:12Liv Stroud, in Magdeburg, for Euronews.

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