Magdeburg
\nA 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.
\nPolice 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.
\nThe suspect is a 50-year-old man from Saudi Arabia who has lived in Germany for almost two decades.
\nA magistrate ordered the man, identified in German media as Taleb A, into pretrial custody after prosecutors pressed charges of murder on five counts, multiple counts of attempted murder and grievous bodily harm, according to a police statement.
\nIt identified the dead as a nine-year-old boy and four adult women, aged 45, 52, 67, and 75.
\nGerman authorities have not named the suspect, who has permanent resident status in Germany, and media reports do not give his full name in keeping with local privacy laws.
\nPolice reported scuffles at a protest attended by around 2,100 people on Saturday night, one day after the attack. Right-wingers had billed the gathering on messaging app Telegram as a \u201cdemonstration against terror\u201d.
\nProtesters wearing black balaclavas could be seen holding a large banner with the word \u2018remigration\u2019, a term popular with far-right supporters seeking the mass deportation of migrants and people deemed -not ethnically German.
\nThe motive in Friday night\u2019s attack remains unclear.
\nInvestigators are probing the suspect\u2019s criticism of German authorities\u2019 treatment of Saudi refugees, among other things. He was also a staunch critic of Islam and had voiced support for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on social media platform X.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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