Mourners are laying flowers near the scene of the deadly Christmas market attack as investigators puzzle over the motive of the suspect.

Magdeburg's Christmas market is a sad sight. This should have been the busiest weekend of the season, but the whole area has been cordoned off and all the stands are shut. Police are the only people walking around the boarded-up mulled wine and gingerbread stalls.

Several hundred people gathered for a vigil in the German city of Magdeburg on Sunday, following the deadly attack on a Christmas market that killed five and injured 200 people. Families and people of all ages came to the Johanniskirche church,