- A woman has died weeks after being hit by a car at a Christmas market in Germany
- Her death brings the toll to six
- Hundreds were left injured when Taleb al-Abdulmohsen ploughed his car into a crowd at a Christmas market
- The 50-year-old has been arrested
Death toll in Magdeburg Christmas Market attack rises to six
A woman has succumbed to injuries sustained during a car attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, last month, raising the death toll to six.
The 52-year-old died in hospital two weeks after the car ploughed into the crowded market on December 20, prosecutors confirmed. The attack left 299 people injured, according to updated figures from Saxony-Anhalt’s interior ministry.
Among the fatalities were four women aged 45 to 75 and a nine-year-old boy, André Gleissner.
Federal Victims’ Commissioner Roland Weber stated that up to 531 people may have experienced psychological trauma or economic losses as a result of the incident.
The suspected attacker, 50-year-old Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, was arrested at the scene. Abdulmohsen, a Saudi national and psychiatrist, has lived in Germany since 2006 and was granted asylum in 2016. He resided in Bernburg, approximately 50 km (30 miles) south of Magdeburg.
Abdulmohsen was known for running a website aimed at helping former Muslims escape persecution in Gulf countries. He had posted strongly anti-Islamic content online, including support for far-right conspiracy theories about the “Islamisation” of Europe.
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser noted the suspect’s “clear Islamophobic” views, which investigators are examining as they continue to probe his motives.