Magdeburg market attack: At least two dead and 68 injured after car ...

Tamara Zieschang, interior minister for the state of Saxony-Anhalt, has given more details about Friday's attack in Magdeburg:

"This is one of the darkest days for Saxony-Anhalt and also for the state capital Magdeburg. As things stand, we have two fatalities to mourn and a large number of injured.

"The perpetrator has been arrested. He is a 50-year-old man from Saudi Arabia, who first entered the Federal Republic of Germany in 2006. He had a permanent residence permit and thus a permanent residence permit.

"Most recently he worked as a doctor in Bernburg [35km; 22 miles south of Magdeburg]. According to our current information, he acted alone. There is no information on other perpetrators. Everything else is the subject of further investigations."