Germany's interior minister said on Monday it was still too soon to jump to any conclusions about the man suspected of driving his car into a Christmas market in Magdeburg and killing at least five people.

A car drove into a group of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, German news agency dpa reported. The driver of the car was arrested, the agency said, citing unidentified government officials in the state of Saxony-Anhalt.

German news agency dpa is reporting that a car has driven into a group of people at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg.

In 2016, 12 were killed and almost 50 were injured after a truck drove into a holiday market in central Berlin. The attack spurred a multi-day manhunt for suspect Anis Amri that captivated the globe, concluding in a deadly police shootout in Milan, Italy.

A car that drove through a crowded outdoor Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, Friday night killed at least two people and injured at least 60 more, authorities said.

Police look for a possible motive for the driver who plowed through a busy Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg, as the death toll rises to five.

German security and intelligence chiefs are due on Monday to face questioning about the car-ramming attack that killed five people and wounded more than 200 at a Christmas market 10 days ago.Ahead of the German elections,