Abdulmohsen, a 50-year-old doctor from Saudi Arabia, had expressed anti-Islamic views and described himself as a Saudi dissident, an official said.

Germany is still in shock and struggling to understand the suspect behind the attack in the city of Magdeburg.

An attack on a German Christmas market left five dead and dozens injured Friday night. The three-minute attack, committed by a Saudi doctor, horrified visitors celebrating the holidays with one of Germany‘s best-known winter traditions.

Police in Magdeburg, Germany, said Sunday that those who died were four women aged 45, 52, 67 and 75, as well as a 9-year-old boy.

At least five people, including a 9-year-old, are now known to have been killed in the vehicle-ramming attack on a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg on Friday, German officials said Saturday.

A German judge ordered pre-trial detention for man suspected of driving a car into a German Christmas market in the eastern city of Magdeburg two days ago, killing five people and injuring dozens.

Police in Magdeburg reported scuffles at a far-right demonstration attended by around 2,100 people on Saturday night, while other residents took part in somber remembrance events.