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At least 2 dead and 60 hurt after a car drives into a German Christmas market in a suspected attack

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Driver arrested at scene shortly after the car barreled into the market at around 7 p.m. , when it was teeming with holiday shoppers looking forward to the weekend .

Driver is a 50-year-old Saudi doctor who moved to Germany in 2006 , interior minister says.

Attack marred a festive event that's part of a centuries -old German tradition.

Attack came eight years after Islamic extremist drove a truck into crowded Christmas market in Berlin .

After a soccer match Friday evening between Bayern Munich and Leipzig , Bayern CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen asked fans at the club’s stadium to observe a minute of silence. ___ Moulson reported from Berlin ..