Thousands attend far-right rally after the anti-Islam activist Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, 50, is remanded in custody

Police in Germany have said a man suspected of killing at least five people and injuring hundreds more after he drove a car at speed through a crowded Christmas market faces charges of murder and attempted murder.

In the central town of Magdeburg, where the attack happened on Friday night, police said the suspect, named by German media as Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, a 50-year-old psychiatrist from Saudi Arabia, was remanded in custody late on Saturday night.