Murder charges slapped on German mkt attacker

A judge granted an arrest warrant for murder on Saturday for the suspect accused of killing five people by allegedly plowing a car into a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, police said on Sunday.

A German official in the city of Magdeburg separately confirmed to ABC News that the suspect, Taleb Al-Abdulmohsen, 50, who is originally from Saudi Arabia, appeared before a German judge in Magdeburg on Saturday. A local state prosecutor said during a press conference on Saturday that the suspect's first name is "Taleb," but police have not otherwise publicly named him.

A judge ordered "pre-trial detention for five counts of murder and multiple counts of both attempted murder and causing grievous bodily harm," Magdeburg's police department said in a statement issued in German on Sunday morning. Candles and flowers sit in front of the Christmas market early Sunday, 

At least five people were killed, including a 9-year-old boy, and hundreds were injured when a car plowed through a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, police said.