Death toll rises to 5 with 200 injured in German Christmas Market attack

Dec. 21 (UPI) -- The death toll rose to five Saturday, including a 9-year-old, with 200 injured and could rise higher from Friday's evening's Christmas market car attack in Magdeburg, Germany.

Among the dead is a toddler after a man identified as a 50-year-old from Saudi Arabia who has lived in Germany since 2006 drove his car into a group of people at about 7 p.m. local time, authorities said. On Friday, the death toll was reported at two.

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