German Christmas market attack victim dies in hospital weeks later

The death toll in last month’s attack is one German Christmas market A woman, now sitting at six, could not recover from her injuries.

The victim, identified only as a 52-year-old woman, died at a hospital on Monday from injuries sustained in the Dec. 20 attack, according to The Associated Press.

He was one of hundreds injured when he was 50 years old Saudi Arabian doctor drove the car through a crowded holiday market in Magdeburg. He was arrested immediately after the attack.

5 people died at the scene, some of the injured were hospitalized in serious condition.

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A woman injured in an attack on a German Christmas market on December 20 died in hospital on Monday, bringing the death toll to six. (Image credit via Dörthe Hein/Getty Images)

Other victims killed include a 9-year-old boy and four women aged 45, 52, 67 and 75.

Limited details have been released since the attack and the suspect has not been named, but he was previously reported to have arrived in Germany in 2006 and is a permanent resident of the country.

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The attack was initially set suspected terrorist act, The suspect “does not fit the usual profile of perpetrators of extremist attacks,” the Associated Press reported.

As a result of the attack, 5 people died on the spot and hundreds were injured. (Heiko Rebsch/dpa via AP)

He allegedly described himself as a former Muslim and criticized Islam while showing support for the far-right on social media.

German Justice Minister Volker said, “The perpetrator of the Magdeburg crime has attracted attention many times with threatening crimes. There have been warnings about him, but according to what is known so far, his political statements were so confused that no example of the security authorities matched him.” Wissing told the Funke newspaper group last month via the AP.

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In the days following the attack, mourners left mounds of flowers, stuffed animals, candles and other trinkets. market site in memory of his victims.

Mourners left hundreds of flowers, candles and other items in front of St. John’s Church near the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany. (Sebastian Willnow/dpa via AP)

The Associated Press contributed to this report.