A local fire brigade has paid tribute to a nine-year-old boy killed in an attack on a German Christmas market.
Andre Gleissner died after a car plowed into a crowd of shoppers at the Magdeburg market on Friday evening, according to the Schöppenstedt fire department.
In a statement, they said he was a member of the children's fire brigade in Varle, which is about an hour's drive from Magdeburg.
Four women – aged 45, 52, 67 and 75 – died in the attack. The authorities are keeping a suspect in pre-trial detention on charges of murder, attempted murder and dangerous bodily harm.
“Our thoughts are with Andre's relatives, who we also want to support at this difficult time,” the fire department said in a statement.
Lower Saxony's youth fire brigade also paid tribute to the nine-year-old.
“We offer our condolences to his family, friends and all who were close to him,” it said in a statement.
“We stand with them in these difficult times and offer our deepest sympathies,” the statement said.
Friday's attack left more than 200 injured, some of them in critical condition.
The four women who were also killed have not yet been identified.