Germany mourns victims after BMW driven into Christmas market

Germany mourns victims after BMW driven into Christmas market
Forensic officers work on a damaged car (Hendrik Schmidt/dpa via AP)

Germany is in mourning after a Saudi doctor drove a BMW into a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers, killing two people and injuring at least 60 others in what authorities called a deliberate attack.

Authorities identified the suspect as a 50-year-old who has been living in Germany for nearly two decades and practising medicine there.

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