The death toll from the car attack at the Christmas market in Magdeburg has rised to five people, while more than 200 other people were injured, many of them seriously,according to governor Rainer Haselow.
The 50 year old attacker/driver, Taleb A.,was under the influence of a drug, according to BILD, the preliminary test was positive, but details will only be known after a thorough examination by specialists.
The attacker is a psychiatrist and worked at a clinic in Bernburg, about 50 kilometers south of Magdeburg. However, recently, Der Spiegel magazine reports, he has been absent from work very often, citing illness.
The magazine also reports that Saudi Arabia had warned German services about Taleb A. three times.
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