The suspect in the deadly car-ramming attack on a German Christmas market showed signs of mental illness, making the incident even harder to prevent, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said on Monday.

A suspect arrested for a car-ramming attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, was identified as Islamophobic by Interior Minister Nancy Faeser. The minister refrained from commenting on the suspect's political ties,

The suspect, identified by local media as 50-year-old Taleb A., was arrested after plowing a black BMW into a Christmas market.

More than 200 people were injured, many seriously, when a Saudi doctor intentionally drove a black BMW into a busy Magdeburg, Germany, Christmas market Friday evening.

With the death toll rising to five people killed and over 200 wounded, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited the site, along with Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, who has said the arrested suspect held 'Islamophobic' views.

Germany's interior minister said on Monday it was still too soon to jump to any conclusions about the man suspected of driving his car into a Christmas market in Magdeburg and killing at least five people.

German security and intelligence chiefs faced questioning Monday about the car-ramming attack that killed five people and wounded more than 200 at a Christmas market 10 days ago.