Mourners are laying flowers near the scene of the deadly Christmas market attack as investigators puzzle over the motive of the suspect.

A theatre in Magdeburg is to hold a memorial concert on Thursday for victims of the attack on the central German city's Christmas market The traditional Christmas concert at the Magedeburg Theatre is to be changed to reflect on last Friday's attack,

A car ploughed into a crowd of shoppers at a busy German Christmas market on Friday evening, killing two people and injuring up to 80 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.