Tributes paid to boy killed in Christmas market attack

Local firefighters have paid tribute to a nine-year-old boy who died in an attack on a German Christmas market.

André Gleißner died on Friday evening after a car hit a crowd of shoppers at the Magdeburg market, according to the Schöppenstedt fire brigade.

In a statement they said he was a member of the children’s fire brigade in Warle, about an hour’s drive from Magdeburg.

Four women, aged 45, 52, 67 and 75, also died in the attack. The authorities are hold a suspect in custody on charges of murder, attempted murder and dangerous bodily harm.