The victim of an attack on a Christmas market in Germany dies in hospital a few weeks later
The death toll in last month’s attack on German Christmas market now sitting on year six after the woman failed to recover from her injuries.
The victim, who was identified only as a 52-year-old woman, died in hospital Monday from injuries sustained during the Dec. 20 attack, according to The Associated Press.
She was one of the hundreds injured when she was 50 years old A doctor from Saudi Arabia drove a vehicle through a crowded holiday market in Magdeburg. He was arrested immediately after the attack.
Five people died at the scene of the accident, and some of the injured were hospitalized in critical condition.
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A woman who was injured during the December 20 attack at a German Christmas market died in hospital on Monday, bringing the death toll to six. (Dörthe Hein/image alliance via Getty Images)
Among the other killed victims are a nine-year-old boy and four women aged 45, 52, 67 and 75.
Limited details were released after the attack, and the suspect was not named, but it was previously reported that he had arrived in Germany in 2006 and was a permanent resident of the country.
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While the attack was originally described as a suspicion of a terrorist act, The Associated Press reports that the suspect “does not fit the usual profile of perpetrators of extremist attacks.”
Five people were killed at the scene of the attack and hundreds were injured. (Heiko Rebsch/dpa via AP)
He reportedly described himself as a former Muslim and criticized Islam while supporting the far right on social media.
“The perpetrator from Magdeburg repeatedly attracted attention with threats of crimes. There were also warnings about him, but according to what is known so far, his political statements were so confused that he did not fit any form of the security authorities,” said the German Minister of Justice Walker. Wissing told the Funke news group last month, via the AP.
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In the days after the attack, mourners placed piles of flowers, stuffed animals, candles and other trinkets nearby market place in memory of the victims.
Mourners placed hundreds of flowers, candles and other items outside St John’s Church, near the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany. (Sebastian Willnow/dpa via AP)
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
