At Least 2 Dead, 60 Injured After Car “Attack” OnGerman Christmas Market, Saudi Driver Arrested [Video]

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Summary:

• At least 2 dead

• At least 60 injured

• The suspect is a 50-year-old Saudi doctor who first came to Germany in 2006

• Suspect has been arrested.

• “Lone perpetrator”

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Update (1650ET): AP reports that at least two people are dead and at least 60 injured in what authorities suspect was an attack.

The driver of the car was arrested shortly after the car barreled into the market at around 7 p.m., when it was busy with holiday shoppers looking forward to the weekend.

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The suspect is a 50-year-old Saudi doctor who first came to Germany in 2006, Saxony-Anhalt’s interior minister, Tamara Zieschang, said at a news conference.

 “As things stand, he is a lone perpetrator, so that as far …