Suspect in car-ramming attack on German Christmas market charged with murder

The suspect is charged with six counts of murder, 338 counts of attempted murder and 309 counts of bodily harm.

The suspect in a fatal car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg has been charged with murder, attempted murder and bodily harm, prosecutors said on Tuesday.

Five women and a nine-year-old boy were killed while more than 300 were injured in the attack on 20 December last year.

Authorities have identified the suspect as a 50-year-old Saudi national who arrived in Germany in 2006 and had received permanent residency.

His name has not officially been released, in keeping with the country’s privacy rules. Several German media outlets have referred to him as Taleb A.

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