The death toll in the Magdeburg Christmas market attack has reached six

A woman died from injuries sustained after a man drove his car into a German Christmas market last month, bringing the total number of victims of the attack to six.

The 52-year-old man died in hospital two weeks after a car plowed into a crowded market in Magdeburg, prosecutors said.

At least 299 people were injured in the December 20 attack, according to the latest figures from Saxony-Anhalt’s interior ministry.

Four other women aged 45 to 75 and a nine-year-old Andre Gleissner were also killed.

Federal Victim Affairs Commissioner Roland Weber told German media that 531 people may have been traumatized or suffered economic losses as a result of the attack.

Fifty-year-old Taleb al-Abdulmohsen was arrested at the scene, but the motive of the suspected attacker remains unclear.

He lives in Germany since 2006. and is described as a Saudi psychiatrist who lives about 50 km (30 mi) south of Magdeburg, in the town of Bernburg.

Abdulmohsen was granted asylum in 2016. and ran a website aimed at helping other ex-Muslims flee persecution in their Gulf homeland.

In many online posts, Abdulmohsen has expressed strongly anti-Islamic views and support for far-right conspiracy narratives about the “Islamization” of Europe.

German Interior Minister Nancy Feiser said it was “clear to see” that the suspect had “Islamophobic” views.

“The perpetrator does not fit into any previous categorization. Here, every stone will be left unturned,” she said.

Abdulmohsen has been remanded in custody on charges of murder, attempted murder and grievous bodily harm.

Police believe he acted alone, but German authorities are faced with questions about security and what they knew about the suspect accused of using an emergency vehicle access lane to enter the market.

They are also asking questions after reports they were alerted last year about the suspect, with police saying they assessed whether he might pose a threat a year ago.

A source close to the Saudi government told the BBC it had sent four official notifications, known as “Notes Verbales”, to German authorities warning them of what they said were the “very extreme views” held by Abdulmohsen.

However, a counter-terrorism expert told the BBC that the Saudis may have orchestrated a disinformation campaign to discredit someone who tried to help young Saudi women seek asylum in Germany.