The death toll from the attack in Germany — where a man drove a car into shoppers at a high speed during a Christmas market — rose to five people, including a child who was 9 years old, as of Saturday, Dec. 21.

The death toll rose to five with 200 injured, including a 9-year-old, and could rise higher from Friday's evening's Christmas market car attack in Magdeburg, Germany.

The German city of Magdeburg is in a state of mourning following an attack on a busy Christmas market which killed at least five people and left hundreds more injured. Tributes piled up on Saturday as state leaders visited the site of the attack where a driver rammed a car into crowds at around 7pm on Friday.

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Among the dead is a nine-year-old child, who was confirmed to have been killed on Friday following the attack at around 7pm. According to German media, 41 people have been critically injured, 90 seriously injured and a further 80 are suffering minor injuries.

In the third such incident this week, at least 22 people were killed in a rush for free food at a charity event.

The victims collapsed in crowd surges as people grew desperate for Christmas church food handouts during the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.View on euronews