Four women and boy confirmed as those killed in German Christmas market attack

The incident occurred while the Magdeburg Christmas market was packed with shoppers on Friday (Michael Probst/AP)

More details have emerged about those killed when a man drove a car at speed through a Christmas market in Germany, while mourners continue to place flowers and other tributes at the scene of the attack.

Police in Magdeburg said the victims of the attack in the city on Friday night were four women ranging in age from 45 to 75, as well as a nine-year-old boy they had spoken of a day earlier.