Suspect in German Christmas market attack held on murder charges

Reuters - 22/12
The suspect is a 50-year-old man from Saudi Arabia who has lived in Germany for almost two decades.
BERLIN, Dec 22 (Reuters) - A man suspected of driving a car into a German Christmas market in an attack that killed at least five people and injured scores of others faces charges of murder and attempted murder, police said on Sunday, after the man was remanded in custody.
Police in the central city of Magdeburg where the attack happened on Friday also reported scuffles at a far-right demonstration attended by around 2,100 people on Saturday night, while other residents took part in sombre remembrance events.
The suspect is a 50-year-old man from Saudi Arabia who has lived in Germany for almost two decades.
A magistrate ordered the man, identified in German media as Taleb A., into pretrial custody after prosecutors pressed charges ...
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