A woman has died in hospital two weeks after she was injured in the Christmas market attack in Germany , bringing the total of people killed to six. At least people were injured, according to the interior ministry of the Saxony-Anhalt, with federal commissioner Roland Weber adding there were as many as victims, including those who were traumatised after witnessing the horrifying attack.
The woman reportedly died a few days ago and a friend told German tabloid Bild that she had been recovering well until there were complications following a surgery. Authorities said the attacker used emergency exit points to drive onto the grounds of the Christmas market, where he picked up speed and ploughed into the crowds, hitting more than people in a three-minute attack.
This climbing death toll comes after Germany's interior minister said on December 30 that it was still too soon to jump to any conclusions about Abdulmohsen. Authorities are looking into whether there were security lapses in the build-up to the December 20 attack, which has cast a renewed spotlight on security and immigration ahead of a snap election in Germany.
Abdulmohsen is a Saudi doctor who arrived in Germany in and had received permanent residency. Police arrested a year-old Saudi doctor identified as Taleb al-Abdulmohsen after he rammed his SUV into a packed market in the town of Magdeburg.
Al-Abdulmohsen was pictured in a white t-shirt as he arrived at court in the evening of December 21, where he was remanded on charges of murder, attempted murder and causing grievous bodily harm. Social media accounts falsely alleged al-Abdulmohsen was an Islamist terrorist shortly after the attack, but the German interior minister later identified the suspect as being Islamophobic himself.
