The Independent emphasizes on-the-ground reporting across issues such as reproductive rights, climate change and Big Tech, and seeks donations to fund paywall-free journalism and send reporters to cover both sides of stories. The suspect in a December 20 car-ramming at a Magdeburg Christmas market has been charged with murder, attempted murder and bodily harm. Five women and a boy died and many others were wounded in the attack that lasted just over a minute. Authorities identified the suspect as a 50-year-old Saudi doctor who arrived in Germany in 2006 and had permanent residency. Prosecutors filed an indictment listing six counts of murder, 338 counts of attempted murder and 309 counts of bodily harm, and said he was not under the influence of alcohol.
The suspect in a deadly 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 Tuesday, claiming he was trying to kill as many people as possible. Five women and a boy died, and many more people were wounded, in the Dec. 20 attack that lasted just over a minute.
Authorities have identified the suspect as a 50-year-old Saudi doctor who arrived in Germany in 2006 and had received permanent residency. They haven't officially released his name, in keeping with German privacy rules. In an indictment filed to the state court in Magdeburg, prosecutors say he is charged with six counts of murder, 338 counts of attempted murder and 309 counts of bodily harm.
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