The Christmas market attack that killed five people 'would not have been possible without uncontrolled immigration', according to the spokeswoman for the Alternative for Germany party.
Nine-year-old André Gleißner was killed and officials today revealed that at least 235 people were injured in the horrifying rampage, dozens of whom are still in serious condition. Alice Weidel , who is among AfD's top candidates in the upcoming snap election, said: 'The discussion about new security laws must not distract from the fact that Magdeburg would not have been possible without uncontrolled immigration'
The mass-circulation Bild daily wrote that 'although the background to the terrible attack in Magdeburg has not yet been clarified, it is already clear: There will be a"before" and an"after" in this election campaign.' An anti-extremist initiative called 'Don't Give Hate a Chance' is set to rally at the same time, near the city's Johannis church, where thousands of flowers, candles and children's toys have been placed for the victims of the devastating attack.
Read More Christmas market copycat attacks fear: Police arrest man threatening rampage Local outlet Die Welt reported that German state and federal police had carried out a 'risk assessment' on Abdulmohsen last year but concluded that he posed 'no specific danger'. A source close to the government told AFP on Monday that Saudi Arabia had previously requested extradition for Abdulmohsen.
Firefighters patrol the scene of the crash on Friday after a car rammed into a massive crowd of shoppers at a Christmas market in Magdeburg at around 7pm 'Revenge will come soon. Even if it costs me my life. I will make the German nation pay the price of the crimes committed by its government against Saudi refugees.'
She stressed that the attacker did 'not fit any previous pattern' because 'he acted like an Islamist terrorist although ideologically he was clearly an enemy of Islam'. Debris outside closed market stalls are seen as a police officers stands on the site of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on December 21
The exiled Saudi attacker had praised hard-Right politicians for combating the 'Islamisation' of Europe and pledged to take 'revenge' over harassment of female refugees. Chancellor Olaf Scholz has condemned the 'terrible, insane' attack and made a call for national unity amid high political tensions as Germany heads towards February 23 electionsPeople take part in a protest after a car drove into a crowd at a Christmas market, in Magdeburg
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