A memorial service is being held at the cathedral in Magdeburg, a city shaken by the deadly incident.
Germans have gathered in Magdeburg to mourn the victims of a car attack in the eastern city that killed at least five people and injured 200.
Authorities said a doctor walked into the busy outdoor Christmas market Friday night, killing four adults and a nine-year-old boy, and injuring 41 people seriously enough that the death toll could rise.
Church bells rang across the city at 7:04 p.m. (18:04 GMT) on Saturday, the exact time of the previous night's attack.
A commemorative event took place in the city's cathedral, mainly for the families of the victims, as well as first responders and guests, including German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
Those who were not allowed to attend the service gathered outside the church to watch it on a large screen.
Several hundred people also gathered in the city's central square, some laying flowers and lighting candles.
Among the crowds were also people carrying banners with far-right slogans.
The violence has shocked the German city of about 240,000 people located 130 kilometers (80 miles) west of Berlin.
This led several other places in Germany to cancel their weekend Christmas markets as a precaution and in solidarity with the loss of Magdeburg.
Berlin kept its many markets open but increased its police presence there.
Investigation into the motive continues
The suspect is a 50-year-old Saudi immigrant who described himself as an activist critical of Islam and who surrendered to police at the scene.
The suspect is being investigated for five counts of alleged murder and 205 counts of alleged attempted murder, prosecutor Horst Walter Nopens said at a news conference.
Investigators are looking into whether the attack could have been motivated by the doctor's dissatisfaction with the way Germany treats Saudi refugees, Nopens said.
Police have not publicly named the suspect, but several German media outlets identified him as Taleb A and reported that he was a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy.
Posts on the suspect's X account, verified by Reuters news agency, suggested he supported anti-Islam and far-right parties, including Alternative for Germany.
A Saudi source told the agency that Saudi Arabia had warned German authorities about the suspect after he posted “extremist” views on his X account that threatened peace and security.
A risk assessment conducted last year by German federal and state criminal investigators concluded that the man posed “no specific danger,” Welt newspaper reported, citing security sources.
Germany has suffered several attacks in recent years, including a knife attack that killed three people and injured eight at a festival in the western city of Solingen in August.
Friday's attack also came eight years after a man drove a truck into a busy Christmas market in Berlin, killing 13 people and injuring many others. The attacker died days later in a shooting in Italy.
