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Carla St. Louis

German Christmas Market Attacker Charged With 5 Counts of Murder, Multiple Counts of Attempted Murder: Police

Security forces members stand guard at the entrance of a Christmas market where a car crashed into a crowd, killing five and injuring more than 200 people on Friday. (Credit: JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)

A Saudi Arabian doctor faces five murder charges after allegedly plowing a rented BMW car into a crowded Christmas market in Germany, killing five people and injuring 200 others. He also faces multiple counts of attempted murder and aggravated assault.

The suspect, Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, 50, allegedly killed a 9-year-old boy and four adults, and critically injured about 40 other individuals at a market massacre where he ran over people in Magdeburg, reported NBC News.

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