German Christmas market car attack: Five dead, more than 200 injured

The Saxony-Anhalt premier said he could not rule out more deaths due to the number of seriously injured.

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Many people were critically injured, Reiner Haseloff, the premier of Saxony-Anhalt state, told reporters on Saturday. German media reported 41 critical injuries.

Haseloff told reporters on Friday that the suspect - who was arrested - was a 50-year-old Saudi citizen who arrived in Germany in 2006 and had worked as a doctor.

He said a preliminary investigation suggested the alleged attacker was acting as a lone wolf. He could not rule out further deaths due to the number of injured.

The suspected attacker's motive is unclear, and he has no known links to Islamist extremism - social media and posts online appear to suggest he had been critical of Islam.

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