The perpetrator of the attack at the Magdeburg market had previously attracted the attention of authorities multiple times over the years. He had threatened to commit crimes and was sentenced to 90 days in prison.

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,

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