A judge in Germany has ordered the suspect in the dedly Christmas market ramming attack to be held in pre-trial detention following a late-night court appearance on Saturday, according to a statement from police early Sunday.

A driver plowed a car into a crowd of shoppers at a busy German Christmas market on Friday evening, killing at least four people and injuring at least 68 in a suspected deliberate attack. An extensive police operation is underway following the attack at the market in the German city of Magdeburg that happened at around 7 p.m. local time.

The authorities said they were struggling to understand the motives behind ramming a car into a Christmas market in the eastern city of Magdeburg, which left a 9-year-old boy among the five dead.

At least five people were killed and more than 200 injured after a car plowed into a crowd at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg on Friday, local authorities said.

A German court has ruled that the suspect behind the tragic Christmas market car incident, which resulted in the loss of five lives and left over 200 injured, will remain in custody. The 50-year-old psychiatrist,

Taleb Al Abdulmohsen is in custody after driving his car into a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg Friday, killing five people, including a nine-year-old child and injuring over 200 others.

The suspect in the deadly attack on a German Christmas market Friday has now been charged. The 50-year-old psychologist is facing five counts of murder and multiple counts of attempted murder. More than 200 people were injured in the attack,