Saudi Arabia issued multiple warnings to German authorities about the suspect, who attacked a Christmas market in Magdeburg on Friday evening, which killed five people and over 200 injured, CNN reported citing sources CNN source confirmed on Saturday that Saudi officials sent four formal notifications,

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,