Candles and flowers flood makeshift memorial for Magdeburg market attack

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The violence, which comes as Germany prepares for snap elections in February, has left the nation in mourning and its sense of security deeply shaken.

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00:00A makeshift memorial for the victims of the attack on a Christmas market in the German

00:05city of Magdeburg continued to grow on Monday as mourners added tributes and flowers near

00:11the scene of the incident.

00:13The tributes come after at least five people were killed when a man drove into a Christmas

00:18market teeming with holiday shoppers in Magdeburg on Friday.

00:23Prosecutors say the number of injured has risen to as many as 235 as more people have

00:29reported to hospitals and doctors.

00:32At St. John's Church, not far from the Christmas market, people laid flowers and candles to

00:38remember the dead.

00:39Meanwhile, the market area reopened on Sunday and residents walked slowly amid the shuttered

00:45food, drink and craft stands.

00:48The violence has shocked all of Germany, prompting several other German towns to cancel their

00:53weekend Christmas markets as a precaution.

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