houthis in yemen gets past israel's air defences injuring more than a dozen. in sport — yet another defeat for english champions manchester city — they lose two —one against aston villa. a memorial service has been held in the german city of magdeburg — for the victims of a deadly attack on a christmas market on friday. at least five people were killed when a man drove into a crowd at high speed. along with those five deaths, city officials say 200 people have been injured, many seriously. we can now name the suspect in the attack as taleb al—abdulmohsen — he is a 50—year—old doctor from saudi arabia. officials say he appears to have been motivated by resentment at the treatment of refugees in germany — rather than religion. the bbc has been told the saudi authorities passed on warnings about him. chancellor scholz has visited the scene.

he's called what happened in magdeburg a �*terrible act�* there are questions about security after it emerged the suspect drove through an entrance reserved for ambulances and official vehicles. anna foster has been at the scene and sent this report: flickering candles have replaced the twinkling christmas lights. here in magdeburg, there's shock, disbelief and questions about how something like this could happen. 2a hours ago, this market was packed with people, but the laughter and celebration was cut devastatingly short when a car sped through the crowds, killing five people and injuring 200 more. the car sped past us and the police ran after it. other emergency services arrived, evacuated people and diverted traffic. people were still panicking and screaming. we now know it used the rescue entrance

to get into the square, a gap deliberately left for ambulances to have access. police say the deadly rampage lasted three minutes. armed police quickly arrested a man, a doctor originally from saudi arabia but living here for nearly 20 years. his motive is still under question. as things stand at the moment, it looks as if the background to the crime could have been disgruntlement with the way saudi arabian refugees are treated in germany. but what exactly is behind it is still under investigation. emotions are running high here. alongside the sadness. there's an undercurrent of anger against politicians who some feel didn't make this place safe enough. the german chancellor, 0laf scholz, came to lay a white rose and promised an investigation. as specialist police continue their investigations just a few metres away, the collection

of flowers and candles here just keeps on growing. this bitter december wind is not keeping people away. they want to be here. they want to be together and to remember the friends that they've lost. christmas feels very different here now. the stalls won't be reopening. the focus turned instead on remembering the victims, helping the survivors and making sure a tragedy like this can't happen again. 0ur security correspondent, frank gardener has been looking into potential warnings from the saudi government regarding the suspect. (tx sot) they say that they passed four so called notes, official diplomatic communications from saudi arabia to germany. i don't know the dates but they sent three of them to german intelligence agencies and one of them to the german foreign

ministry warning they say about taleb al—abdulmohsen's extreme views that he held. there are two sides to this. there is a view taken by at least one respected counterterrorism expert that i know of saying that this is something of a disinformation campaign he is even saying, but this is the saudis trying to blacken his name. it is pretty black right now, but trying to basically say that he had a somebody who was dangerous back then. because he was allegedly trying to help a number of people who had left saudi arabia and were either political dissidents or people who were trying to turn their back on their islamic faith. saudi arabia being very much a monolithic one faith country, as lamb, and this man taleb al—abdulmohsen had left the religion of his birthplace. so in islam you're not supposed

to leave your religion, and he has turned into somebody that the federal interior minister has referred to as an islamophobic. and certainly some of the text and tweets he posted and have been reported on german media are exactly that, islamophobic. there are two sides of this but it does seem the saudi authorities were concerned about this man's extreme views. d0 concerned about this man's extreme views.— concerned about this man's extreme views. ~ ., ., extreme views. do we know what the german _ extreme views. do we know what the german authorities _ extreme views. do we know what the german authorities did - extreme views. do we know what the german authorities did with l the german authorities did with the german authorities did with the warning the saudis said that they gave an do we know to what extent german security services were monitoring him? zero, according to the saudis, there was no response. some reports in the german media that the saudis had made attempts to bring him back, to extradite him, which germany resisted. germany is very much,

if you remember back in 2015, germany has been a refuge for very large numbers, roughly 1.5 million refugees from the middle east, notjust from syria but other countries as well. something which has been a polarising factor in german domestic politics which has helped to give rise to the afd, the german far—right party which has gained in strength and popularity at the polls. there are entire message is that germany should not be a refuge for these people and that it refuge for these people and thatitis refuge for these people and that it is changing the character of germany and that seems to be something that this man, taleb al—abdulmohsen, agreed with them about. that he had a conspiracy theory that the german government was somehow in league with islamic extremists. was trying to islam as germany. these are all

things investigators are looking into it. let's be clear, none of this in any way justifies what he did, so whatever conclusions of the country, the german authorities still haven't referred to this as a terrorist attack but whatever conclusions are they come to, there is obviously quite a complex back story going on here only bits of which are starting to come to light now. which are starting to come to light "ow-— which are starting to come to liuht now. �* ., ~ ., light now. and as we know there have been _ light now. and as we know there have been christmas _ light now. and as we know there have been christmas market - have been christmas market attacks before in germany and elsewhere in europe. how different to the usual profile of an attacker, suspect in an attack like this, is this individual?— attack like this, is this individual? , , ., individual? he is unusual in the sense _ individual? he is unusual in the sense that _ individual? he is unusual in the sense that for - individual? he is unusual in the sense that for a - individual? he is unusual in the sense that for a start i individual? he is unusual in | the sense that for a start he is a doctor, a psychiatrist who practices about 25 miles away and therefore has taken the hippocratic oath, do no harm. doctors are not supposed to hurt people for any reason, and

yet he has done quite the opposite. so that is unusual. he is 50, which is much older... we have to be careful not to compare apples and pears, because previous vehicle ramming attacks in europe have tended to be carried out by young malejihadists inspired young male jihadists inspired by young malejihadists inspired by isis, so—called islamic state. that does not appear to have been the case at all here, this is someone who appears to be anti—islamic and that again, it is really confusing a lot of so called experts on this. i think in terms of the physical security around these things, the german authorities were very aware, and it is at federal eyes to place with a lot of power invested in individual states, so rather than having one all—powerful

mis than having one all—powerful m15 or than having one all—powerful mis or fbi than having one all—powerful m15 or fbi equivalent for the whole country, a lot of power is divested and placed in individual states. they clearly missed the fact that there was an access route where he was able to drive his bmw through the gaps in the concrete barriers and carry out the mayhem that he then is accused of doing. in the last few hours — a memorial service at magdeburg cathedral was held for the victims of the attack. the service was led by the cathedral�*s choir. families of the victims, emergency workers and government officials including the german chancellor attended the service. meanwhile hundreds of people gathered outside the cathedral to hold a vigil, laying flowers and candles as tributes to those who lost their lives. city officials estimate 1,000 people gathered at magdeburg cathedral for the memorial service. let's speak to hans goldenbaum, who works for salam, a local german organisation

for preventing violence and radicalisation. thank you forjoining us. just tell us what you have been experiencing as an organisation since this happened.— since this happened. good evening- _ since this happened. good evening. the _ since this happened. good evening. the last - since this happened. good evening. the last 24 - since this happened. goodj evening. the last 24 hours since this happened. good - evening. the last 24 hours we were quite busy. the first thing in the evening was monitoring the event. our first thought was that we are dealing with an attack attributed to the islamic state which was agitating in the last month for followers to attack especially christmas events and christmas markets. 0ne wing of the islamic state network was very active in calling for explicit violence to spread fear in the

heart of the enemy, so this was the first thought. but soon we got some information about the perpetrator and as soon as we heard it as a saudi arabian mail 50 years old, we realised we already knew him as a right—wing online activist. was very much part of a global filter bubble of far right extremism, dealing with anti—migrant content as your colleague mentioned. so we were following this lead and analysing his online profiles on social media accounts, and with german media speaking with journalists and politicians and the giving analysis for the background and motivation of

the perpetrator. while we were doing this another thing reached out so some of our colleagues were in contact with migrants in the city of magdeburg and we had many talks with migrants living there who are in fear, some are leaving the city and visiting friends in other cities because of they spoke of a very hostile environment as local citizens were accusing migrants, people looking like migrants and muslims, as being terrorists and enemies, and there were even some verbal attacks on the streets and spitting on people. we had some cases of people getting assaulted. 0ne we had some cases of people getting assaulted. one guy told us he was leaving work after his evening shift and he got attacked walking home by four young men beating him.- attacked walking home by four young men beating him. sorry to interrut, young men beating him. sorry to interrunt. you — young men beating him. sorry to interrupt, you are _ young men beating him. sorry to interrupt, you are saying - young men beating him. sorry to interrupt, you are saying this - interrupt, you are saying this has happened and you are describing events in the last

24—hour since the attack happened in magdeburg? 24-hour since the attack happened in magdeburg? yes, we are seeinu happened in magdeburg? yes, we are seeing a _ happened in magdeburg? yes, we are seeing a very _ happened in magdeburg? yes, we are seeing a very unusual- happened in magdeburg? yes, we are seeing a very unusual spike i are seeing a very unusual spike in racist and far right violence in the city of magdeburg. we heard of several cases today, more than a dozen cases today, more than a dozen cases of assault, which is quite an unusual number, and one young student told us and i quote, i am living one young student told us and i quote, iam living in one young student told us and i quote, i am living in the city of magdeburg for more than ten years and i have neverfelt hostility or a hostile environment like when he said it in the last 15 or 16 hours, since the attack. this is what we hear from since the attack. this is what we hearfrom many people, people who got attacked in their cars at traffic lights, people who jumped the car and tried to damage of the car, people who followed and in the last one or two hours we have a demonstration in the city of

magdeburg of more than 1000 mostly young male far right extremists who are meeting in central magdeburg, and also we hear about shouting slogans directed against migrants and against muslims, calling for re—migration and text in the streets surrounding this demonstration. it is quite a paradox because the perpetrator of the attack in magdeburg was part of this right wing political sphere.- part of this right wing political sphere. you are sa in: political sphere. you are saying this _ political sphere. you are saying this is _ political sphere. you are saying this is happening | saying this is happening despite now the news emerging that this ideology behind what the suspect appears to have done was not the normal narrative that we hear from attacks like this, which are usually from an islamist background. all this violence is still being targeted at immigrants and muslim

immigrants.— immigrants and muslim immigrants. immigrants and muslim immiurants. , . immigrants. exactly. we could sa it is immigrants. exactly. we could say it is a _ immigrants. exactly. we could say it is a paradox _ immigrants. exactly. we could say it is a paradox because - immigrants. exactly. we could say it is a paradox because of. say it is a paradox because of the perpetrator was part of this extremists fear and agitating against asylum and against migrants and immigration policies of european states, especially germany. he was also agitating against islam and against muslims, but what we see in the global right—wing sphere and we see it with influencers from north america but also british influencers and others, they are framing this as a migrant muslim theme. showing us that there 1526 00:15: