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,

Officials say four women and a 9-year-old boy were killed when a man drove into a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers in the German city of Magdeburg