Prosecutors say the death toll in the attack on a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg last month has risen to six as a woman succumbed to her injuries.

Migration was already set to dominate Germany’s election campaign, which starts in earnest in the New Year. But Friday night’s attack will supercharge the issue.

The death toll in the attack on a busy Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg has risen to five, the state governor said Saturday

A woman who was injured during the Dec. 20 attack at a German Christmas market died at a hospital on Monday, increasing the death toll to six.

A 52-year-old woman has died in hospital from injuries sustained in last month's Christmas market attack in Magdeburg, Germany, bringing the death toll to six, prosecutors have announced. The victim succumbed to injuries received when a car was deliberately driven through crowds of shoppers at the festive market on December 20.