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At least five have been killed — including a child — after a car ploughed into a German Christmas market
A 50-year-old man from Saudi Arabia, named in German media reports as Taleb A, or Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, was arrested
The suspect was said to have not shown up to a court appearance on Thursday this week
The suspect described himself as an “aggressive critic of Islam” and reportedly praised the AfD party on social media
Saudi Arabia warned Germany about the suspect three times, it has been claimed
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The German government faced growing questions Sunday about whether more could have been done to prevent the Christmas market car-ramming attack that killed five people and injured over 200.
The Saudi suspect, 50-year-old psychiatrist and anti-Islam activist Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, had made online death threats against German citizens and had a history of quarrelling with state authorities.
News magazine Der Spiegel, citing security sources, said the Saudi secret service had warned Germany's spy agency BND a year ago about a tweet in which Abdulmohsen threatened Germany would pay a "price" for its treatment of Saudi refugees.
And in August Abdulmohsen wrote on social media: "Is there a path to justice in Germany without blowing up a German embassy or randomly slaughtering German citizens?... If anyone knows it, please let me know."