More than 1,000 temporary Christmas markets pop up every year in Germany, and they have been the target of terrorists in the past. Last month, the police in Germany arrested two teenagers ...

It is "astonishing, unimaginable, that something like this could happen in Germany," Haseloff said. "There is no more peaceful and cheerful place than a Christmas market," Chancellor Olaf Scholz said.

Prosecutors said the suspect, a 50-year-old Saudi doctor, is under investigation on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and ...