Death toll from Magdeburg Christmas market attack rises to 6

The death toll following an attack on Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg has risen to 6, authorities confirmed, Report informs via DW.

A 52-year-old woman who was gravely wounded in the car-ramming succumbed to her injuries in a city hospital, prosecutors said.

On December 20, a man rammed a black BMW into a crowd at the market in the capital of Germany's eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt.

Nearly 300 people were injured, and four women and one boy were killed at the scene.

The 50-year-old suspect is a national of Saudi Arabia who had been in Germany since 2006, and was a practicing physician.

Although he was wanted in Saudi Arabia on human trafficking charges, he was granted political asylum in 2006. Riyadh had reportedly tried to warn Berlin that he was potentially dangerous.

An investigation subsequent to the attack found that the suspect had espoused extreme anti-Islam views online and criticized what he saw as the "Islamization" of Germany.

He was apprehended at the scene following the attack, which drew comparisons to the 2016 vehicle-ramming at a Berlin Christmas market that claimed 13 lives, including the perpetrator.

One of the hallmarks of the December holiday season in Germany, many Christmas markets around the country have begun to put up anti-vehicle barriers.