German police received tip off about Christmas market attacker

German officials say they received tip offs last year about the suspect in the ramming attack on Magdeburg’s Christmas market. But the warnings, they said were not specific.

A Saudi doctor with a reported history of anti-Islamic rhetoric has appeared before a judge, facing multiple charges of murder and attempted murder. Yet as Germany mourns the four women and nine-year-old boy who were killed, any motive is still far from clear.