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MAGDEBURG, GERMANY - DECEMBER 20: Ambulance crews ferry the injured on stretchers away from the annual Christmas market in the city center following a likely terror attack on December 20, 2024 in Magdeburg, Germany. According to initial reports at least two people, including an infant, are dead and at least 60 injured after a car drove into the crowded Christmas market. Police have arrested the driver, who is reportedly a Saudi national who has been living in Germany since 2006 and was working as a doctor. (Photo by Craig Stennett/Getty Images)

MAGDEBURG, GERMANY - DECEMBER 20: Minister President of Saxony-Anhalt Reiner Hasselhoff gives a press statement near the annual Christmas market in the city center following a likely terror attack on December 20, 2024 in Magdeburg, Germany. According to initial reports at least two people, including an infant, are dead and at least 60 injured after a car drove into the crowded Christmas market. Police have arrested the driver, who is reportedly a Saudi national who has been living in Germany since 2006 and was working as a doctor. (Photo by Craig Stennett/Getty Images)

MAGDEBURG, GERMANY - DECEMBER 20: Police vans and ambulances stand next to the annual Christmas market in the city centre following a possible terror incident on December 20, 2024 in Magdeburg, Germany. According to initial reports at least one person is dead and dozens injured after a car drove into the crowded Christmas market. Police reportedly arrested the driver. (Photo by Craig Stennett/Getty Images)

MAGDEBURG, GERMANY - DECEMBER 20: Ambulance crews assemble their equipment at the annual Christmas market in the city center following a likely terror attack on December 20, 2024 in Magdeburg, Germany. According to initial reports at least two people, including an infant, are dead and at least 60 injured after a car drove into the crowded Christmas market. Police have arrested the driver, who is reportedly a Saudi national who has been living in Germany since 2006 and was working as a doctor. (Photo by Craig Stennett/Getty Images)

MAGDEBURG, GERMANY - DECEMBER 21: A Teddy with the German word warum, meaning why, written below it sits amongst the flowers at the Johanniskirche left by the public in memory of the victims of a terror attack that has left five people dead, including a small child, and over 200 injured on December 21, 2024 in Magdeburg, Germany. Police arrested a man after he drove a black BMW past security obstacles and into the busy Christmas market in the early evening yesterday. The attacker, identified as Taleb A., is reportedly a Saudi national who has been living in Germany since 2006 and worked as a psychotherapist. In social media posts he was critical of Germany but also of Islam and the "Islamization" of Germany. He expressed support for policies of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). (Photo by Craig Stennett/Getty Images)

MAGDEBURG, GERMANY - DECEMBER 21: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz walks through the Christmas Market accompanied by Interior Minister Nancy Faeser and Saxony-Anhalt Premier Reiner Haseloff look as they visited the shuttered Christmas market the day after a terror attack that has left five people dead, including a small child, and 200 injured on December 21, 2024 in Magdeburg, Germany. Police arrested a man after he drove a black BMW past security obstacles and into the busy Christmas market in the early evening yesterday. The attacker is reportedly a Saudi national who has been living in Germany since 2006 and worked as a psychotherapist. In social media posts he was critical of Germany but also of Islam and the "Islamization" of Germany. He expressed support for policies of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). (Photo by Craig Stennett/Getty Images)

MAGDEBURG, GERMANY - DECEMBER 21: Members of the public gather to lay flower tributes and hold a impromptu vigil at the Johanniskirche in memory of the victims of a terror attack the day before that has left five people dead, including a small child, and over 200 injured on December 21, 2024 in Magdeburg, Germany. Police arrested a man after he drove a black BMW past security obstacles and into the busy Christmas market in the early evening yesterday. The attacker, identified as Taleb A., is reportedly a Saudi national who has been living in Germany since 2006 and worked as a psychotherapist. In social media posts he was critical of Germany but also of Islam and the "Islamization" of Germany. He expressed support for policies of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). (Photo by Craig Stennett/Getty Images)

MAGDEBURG, GERMANY - DECEMBER 21: A policeman stands protecting the crime scene of the shuttered Christmas market the day after a terror attack that has left five people dead, including a small child, and over 200 injured on December 21, 2024 in Magdeburg, Germany. Police arrested a man after he drove a black BMW past security obstacles and into the busy Christmas market in the early evening yesterday. The attacker is reportedly a Saudi national who has been living in Germany since 2006 and worked as a psychotherapist. In social media posts he was critical of Germany but also of Islam and the "Islamization" of Germany. He expressed support for policies of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). (Photo by Craig Stennett/Getty Images)

MAGDEBURG, GERMANY - DECEMBER 23: Candles left by members of the public at the AfD's Memorial Event & Mourning Procession on December 23, 2024 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt. Germany. The event was organized by the AfD as a reaction to a terror attack in a Christmas market in the city. The suspect of Friday's ramming attack at the Christmas market in Magdeburg that killed five people and injured more than two hundred has been identified as Taleb A., a Saudi national and psychotherapist who has been living in Germany since 2006. In social media posts he had expressed support for policies of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), and was critical of Islam and the Islamization of Germany. (Photo by Craig Stennett/Getty Images)

MAGDEBURG, GERMANY - DECEMBER 21: A woman holds her hands to her face after leaving some flowers at the Johanniskirche in memory of the victims of a terror attack that has left five people dead, including a small child, and over 200 injured on December 21, 2024 in Magdeburg, Germany. Police arrested a man after he drove a black BMW past security obstacles and into the busy Christmas market in the early evening yesterday. The attacker, identified as Taleb A., is reportedly a Saudi national who has been living in Germany since 2006 and worked as a psychotherapist. In social media posts he was critical of Germany but also of Islam and the "Islamization" of Germany. He expressed support for policies of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). (Photo by Craig Stennett/Getty Images)

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MAGDEBURG, GERMANY - DECEMBER 23: A member of the public lays some flowers and a teddy bear at Johanniskirche near the now closed Chrstmas market on December 23, 2024 in Magdeburg, Germany. The terror attack at the busy Magdeburg Christmas market has left five people dead, including a nine-year-old boy, and over 200 injured. The attacker, identified as Taleb A., is a Saudi national who has been living in Germany since 2006 and worked as a psychotherapist. In social media posts he was critical of Germany but also of Islam and the "Islamization" of Germany. He expressed support for policies of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). (Photo by Craig Stennett/Getty Images) Magdeburg Germany

MAGDEBURG, GERMANY - DECEMBER 23: The stage at the AfD's Memorial Event & Mourning Procession with the writing stating We remember the victims on December 23, 2024 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt. Germany. The event was organized by the AfD as a reaction to a terror attack in a Christmas market in the city. The suspect of Friday's ramming attack at the Christmas market in Magdeburg that killed five people and injured more than two hundred has been identified as Taleb A., a Saudi national and psychotherapist who has been living in Germany since 2006. In social media posts he had expressed support for policies of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), and was critical of Islam and the Islamization of Germany. (Photo by Craig Stennett/Getty Images)

MAGDEBURG, GERMANY - DECEMBER 23: Dr Alice Weidel the co-chairwoman of the AfD addressing the crowd at the AfD's Memorial Event & Mourning Procession on December 23, 2024 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt. Germany. The event was organized by the AfD as a reaction to a terror attack in a Christmas market in the city. The suspect of Friday's ramming attack at the Christmas market in Magdeburg that killed five people and injured more than two hundred has been identified as Taleb A., a Saudi national and psychotherapist who has been living in Germany since 2006. In social media posts he had expressed support for policies of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), and was critical of Islam and the Islamization of Germany. (Photo by Craig Stennett/Getty Images)

MAGDEBURG, GERMANY - DECEMBER 23: Members of the public start their march at the AfD's Memorial Event & Mourning Procession on December 23, 2024 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt. Germany. The event was organized by the AfD as a reaction to a terror attack in a Christmas market in the city. The suspect of Friday's ramming attack at the Christmas market in Magdeburg that killed five people and injured more than two hundred has been identified as Taleb A., a Saudi national and psychotherapist who has been living in Germany since 2006. In social media posts he had expressed support for policies of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), and was critical of Islam and the Islamization of Germany. (Photo by Craig Stennett/Getty Images)

MAGDEBURG, GERMANY - DECEMBER 23: A fair ground horse at the now closed Chrstmas market on December 23, 2024 in Magdeburg, Germany. The terror attack at the busy Magdeburg Christmas market has left five people dead, including a nine-year-old boy, and over 200 injured. The attacker, identified as Taleb A., is a Saudi national who has been living in Germany since 2006 and worked as a psychotherapist. In social media posts he was critical of Germany but also of Islam and the "Islamization" of Germany. He expressed support for policies of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). (Photo by Craig Stennett/Getty Images) Magdeburg Germany

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Friday night about 19.00hrs on the 20/12/24 I got a call from my desk just saying that there were some ,as yet, unconfirmed reports of an incident in Magdeburg at a Christmas market and it might be an idea for me to just make sure all my kit is together. Ten minutes later it was confirmed to go. I spent 3 days in total across at Magdeburg for Getty. The death rate has so far now risen to 5 and injured 200.

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