4 hours ago Saudi Arabia ‘had asked for extradition’ of suspect in Magdeburg attack

Riyadh warned Germany many times about danger posed by Taleb Jawad al-Abdulmohsen, source saysA source close to the Saudi government has told Agence France-Presse that Saudi authorities previously requested the extradition of the main suspect in Friday’s Christmas market attack in Germany, as multiple agencies admitted they had received warnings about him.Echoing reporting from over the weekend, the source said Saudi Arabia warned Germany “many times” about Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, a Saudi citizen with a history of spreading anti-Islamic propaganda on social media. The source did not explain in what way he was considered potentially dangerous. Continue reading...

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8 hours ago Even as we mourn in Magdeburg, the AfD is trying to cynically exploit the Christmas market attack | Thomas Vorreyer

For years I’ve watched the far-right party mobilise in my home town. I fear Friday’s terrible events will galvanise it furtherOn Saturday afternoon in Magdeburg a man stood outside Johanniskirche (St John’s church), contemplating a lake of candles, flowers and soft toys. Then he loudly voiced his disbelief. “And then they say he supported the AfD. As if. You just can’t believe the media any more.”People had gathered here to mourn. The photo of a dead nine-year-old boy was being shown around. Used rescue blankets piled up at the roadside as police guarded the now empty market.Thomas Vorreyer is a Berlin-based journalist with a focus on East German politicsDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...

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10 hours ago Christmas market attack that killed five 'would not have been possible without uncontrolled immigration': Germany's AfD renews calls for deportations

Alice Weidel, one of AfD's top candidates in the upcoming snap election, said that the attack in Magdeburg on Friday 'would not have been possible without uncontrolled immigration'.

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10 hours ago German market attack latest: Suspect made 2013 threat, minister reveals, as more rallies planned tonight

Nine-year-old child among five dead with 200 other people injured in attack, including 40 critical

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11 hours ago Watch: Suspected German Christmas market attacker arrives at court as death toll rises to five

Footage has emerged capturing the suspected driver of the car that rammed into a Christmas market in Germany on Friday 20 December.

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12 hours ago German Christmas market attack latest: Tributes to boy, 9, amid concerns over security and intelligence lapse

Nine-year-old child among five dead with 200 other people injured in attack, including 40 critical

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12 hours ago Christmas market copycat attacks fear: German police arrest man threatening knife rampage days after five people were run over and killed

The man, from northern port city Bremerhaven, was arrested on Sunday after he threatened a knife attack on the city's Christmas market in widely shared footage, according to German tabloid Bild.

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13 hours ago Magdeburg mourns Christmas market attack victims as fears swirl of deeper social divisions

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

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17 hours ago German Christmas market attack: Everything we know as car attack kills five and injures hundreds

An extensive police operation is underway following the attack at the market in the German city of Magdeburg

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