Two people – including a young child – have been killed and 68 injured at Magdeburg Christmas market in Germany after a driver ploughed into pedestrians, according to local media.

The suspect has been confirmed as a 50-year-old Saudi Arabian man who arrived in Germany in 2006. He is said to have been working as a doctor. Police say they are not looking for any other suspect at this time.

Reuters news agency has also reported that an explosive device has been found in the vehicle, according to local police.

Sickening CCTV footage shared on social media shows a car speeding into pedestrians at the market.

Eyewitnesses also likened the attack and its aftermath to a warzone, with children heard crying for their parents in footage shared online.

Regional government spokesman Matthias Schuppe and city spokesperson Michael Reif said they were treating the incident as a terror attack.

“The pictures are terrible,” he said. “My information is that a car drove into the Christmas market visitors, but I can’t yet say from what direction and how far.”

Magdeburg, which is west of Berlin, is the state capital of Saxony-Anhalt and has about 240,000 inhabitants.

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