BERLIN - Here is what we know so far about the man who was arrested as the suspected driver in a car-ramming attack on Friday (Dec 20) at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg in which five people were killed and some 200 injured.

Life in Germany 

The suspect is a 50-year-old from Saudi Arabia with permanent residence status in Germany, where he has been living for almost two decades.

The suspect has not been named by authorities. Multiple German media reports refer to him as Taleb A.

The suspect had worked as a psychiatrist at a specialist rehabilitation clinic for criminals with addictions in Bernburg since March 2020. "Since the end of October 2024, he has been absent due to holiday and illness," the facility said in a statement.

He lived on a quiet street near the centre of Bernburg, a town of 30,000, south of Magdeburg, in a three-storey apartment block.

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