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A 50-year-old suspect is being remanded in custody after five people were killed and more than 200 injured in a car-ramming attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg. Saudi Arabian sources say they repeatedly warned Germany about the suspect's 'extremist' views.

A counter-terror expert has warned the far-right Alternative for Germany party is attempting to misuse the Christmas market attack for their own ends - despite reports the suspect supported them.Hans Jakob Schindler, senior director at the Counter Terrorism Project, said the party is trying to take advantage of the attack for electoral gain in February 2025.The AfD and other far-right European politicians have been quick to jump on reports the suspect was an immigrant.

'Despite him being a fan of the AfD, the AfD makes this into a cause that they try to misuse.'Parties interested in maintaining a democratic society must unite and be honest about what security failures occurred, as well as try to avoid exacerbating polarisation, he said.'The extremists on either end of the political spectrum, as well as Russia, are doing this already.

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