It is "astonishing, unimaginable, that something like this could happen in Germany," Haseloff said. "There is no more peaceful and cheerful place than a Christmas market," Chancellor Olaf Scholz said.

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Saudi Arabia issued a statement condemning the attack, reportedly carried out by a 50-year-old of Saudi descent.

Germans visited a memorial in Magdeburg, Germany, for the at least five people killed and more than 200 injured at a Christmas market, after an attacker drove a vehicle into a crowd.CreditCredit ...

More than 1,000 temporary Christmas markets pop up every year in Germany, and they have been the target of terrorists in the past. Last month, the police in Germany arrested two teenagers ...