The moment the man suspected of driving a car into crowds of people was arrested has been caught on camera.
At least two people have died and 68 are injured after the crash at Magdeburg Christmas market in Germany this evening.
Video footage of the arrest shows what appears to be armed police surrounding a dark-coloured car, as a man slowly exits and lies face-first on the ground.
According to state leader Reiner Haselhoff, the suspect is a 50-year-old Saudi man who works as a doctor in the Saxony-Anhalt district, who has lived in Germany since 2006.
It’s been reported that a suspected explosive device was also found in the car, but this has not yet been confirmed by official sources.
Local authorities said that around 100 firefighters are at the scene with seven fire brigades, while 50 rescue service personnel are there.
Video footage too graphic to share appears to show the dark car careening into the dense crowd, leaving dozens of people lying on the floor.
Within seconds, crowds of people could be seen running away from the chaotic scene.
Separate footage showed children crying loudly as several small crowds of people formed over those injured in the crash, in apparent attempts to help them.
Organisers of the popular Christmas market have asked people to leave the city centre, MailOnline reports.
A spokesperson in the city said that all hospitals are ‘preparing for a mass casualty event.’
German interior minister Nancy Faeser said last month that there were no concrete indications of a danger to Christmas markets this year, but that it was wise to be vigilant.
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