Abdulmohsen, a Saudi-born psychiatrist, drove into a Christmas market in Magdeburg, killing and injuring many people. Saudi Arabia had warned Germany about him several times, but German authorities did not act.

The officials said Riyadh warned the German authorities the suspected attacker, Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, a Saudi dissident who described himself as an ex-Muslim, had boasted on social media that “something big will happen in Germany”. It was unclear if police ever acted upon the warnings.

A Saudi-born psychiatrist drove an SUV into a German Christmas market, killing five and injuring over 200. Saudi Arabia had warned Germany about the s

German police had been repeatedly warned that a Saudi doctor who is suspected of ploughing a car into crowds at a Magdeburg Christmas market posed a terror threat.

Saudi Arabia had warned Germany about the man suspected of carrying out the incident at the Magdeburg Christmas market, according to Saudi Arabian security sources. Saudi Arabia requested the extradition of the suspect,

Ahead of the attack at the German Christmas market on Friday, Saudi authorities had reportedly warned Germany about the suspected attacker

The man who allegedly drove into a crowd of people at a Christmas market in the east German city of Magdeburg on Friday evening, killing four people, is a 50-year-old doctor from Saudi Arabia who came to Germany in 2006,

The ministry previously warned the German government about al-Abdulmohsen's extremist views. It sent four so-called "Notes Verbal", three of them to Germany's intelligence agencies and one to the foreign ministry in Berlin. There was, the Saudis say, no response.

The German equivalent of the FBI admitted that last year they received tips about the Christmas market attacker long before the attack – however, authorities deemed the allegations not serious