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6:42Now PlayingJames Jackson is a reporter in Germany. He tells Matthew Wright how he was contacted by the suspect in Magdeburg's Christmas Market attack before it happened.
Saudi Arabian officials now say that Germany was warned 'four times' about the suspect's extremist views.
Five people were killed in the attack, four women and one 9-year-old, in the city 80 miles west of Berlin at a Christmas market on Friday night.
More than 200 people were injured, according to city officials.
A 50-year-old man accused of the attack appeared in court on Sunday morning and has been remanded in custody.
Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, a 50-year-old doctor who arrived in Germany in 2006, is being held on suspicion of the attack.
Saudi officials told The Times that they had warned German officials about Abdulmohsen's views more than once.
It is believed the perpetrator was acting alone and was not previously known to security forces.
Abdulmohsen reportedly described himself as an ex-Muslim, was a vocal supporter of the German far-right AfD party and shared dozens of posts online criticising Islam.
He also is reported to have accused the German authorities of failing to combat the “Islamism of Europe”.
Far-right protests took place in Magdeburg on Saturday night with groups holding “Remigration now!” signs.
During the attack the car, thought to have been a dark-coloured BMW, reportedly crashed through barriers protecting the market around 7:04pm and ploughed into shoppers in the eastern German city of Magdeburg.
Speaking on Saturday, the region's minister confirmed Taleb A held "Islamophobic views" while some outlets have reported he tweeted about "murdering Germans."
Saxony-Anhalt's interior minister, Tamara Zieschang, told reporters the suspect has been practising medicine in Bernburg, about 23 miles (36km) south of Magdeburg.
The car used in the attack was a rental vehicle registered to Munich.
Video thought to be of the incident shows a car ploughing through shoppers surrounded by stalls on either side, leaving dozens of people on the floor.
Different footage shows onlookers trying to help those on the floor.
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