islam, you are not supposed to leave your religion, and he has turned into somebody that the german federal interiorslamophobe, and certainly some of the text, some of the tweets that he posted and are being reported in german media are exactly that, islamophobic. there are two sides to this but it does seem the authorities were concerned about this man's extreme views. rebecca schoenenbach is a counter—extremism expert, based in berlin, and she's been telling me more about the suspect�*s profile. what stands out most is that he seems to have suffered from a persecution complex, so a lot of his tweets on x, a lot of his direct messages show that he felt persecuted by the german state, and even by the police, and he accused of secular muslims, orx police, and he accused of secular muslims, or x muslims, also persecuting him, and it is true that he defamed some of them, and they had to pursue him in court, and they won. so it seems to be a mixture of him accusing others, then feeling that they go after him, feeling suppressed by the german state. that is the most significant thing that stands out, apa

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islam, you are not supposed to leave your religion and he has turned into somebody that the german federal interior islamophobe. and certainly, some of the text — some of the tweets that he posted and are being reported in german media are exactly that, islamophobic. so, there are two sides to this, but it does seem that the saudi authorities were concerned about this man's extreme views. a reminder that you can follow all of the developments from magdeburg on the bbc�*s website, as well as on our news app. here in washington, a partial shutdown of the us government has been averted after presidentjoe biden signed a spending bill into law early saturday. the deal cleared the senate more than half an hour after a midnight deadline, having passed the house of representatives on its third attempt. it will fund federal agencies for three months, lifting the threat of public services closing over christmas. in a statement, mr biden said the deal represented a compromise in which neither side got everything each wanted. he welcomed funding in the bill for hurricane and other disaster relief. the bill mak

islam, you are not supposed to leave your religion and he has turned into somebody that the german federal interiorhobe. and certainly, some of the text — some of the tweets that he posted and are being reported in german media are exactly that, islamophobic. so, there are two sides to this, but it does seem that the saudi authorities were concerned about this man's extreme views. rebecca schonenbach is a counter extremism consultant based in berlin. she told us more about what the german authorities have uncovered so far about the suspect. he was an advocate for re— migration, he was a staunch critic, not only of islam but any sort of migration to germany but particularly, the migration of muslims, of muslim countries and he favoured people who were known as critics of islam, not only of islamist but of islam such as tommy robinson in great britain. he retreated some of elon musk takes. he didn't particularly retweet all the right—wing extremism theories, so it does not seem that his whole world view was right—wing extremism. he also tweeted a lot about sexual abuse, he tweeted a lot about women's

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 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. somet

federal interior minister has referred to as an islamophobe. and certainly some of the text and tweets he posted and have been reported on german media are exactly two sides of this but it does seem the saudi authorities were concerned about this man's extreme views. do we know what the german authorities did with the warning the saudis said that they gave and 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 is changing the character of germany and that seems

know that the german interior minister has come out and said and pledged support for the authorities in magdeburg to try and come to terms with all of this. obviously, the german federal authorities now also moving in with any sort of assets that they might have in terms of search and rescue choppers, in terms of ambulances and other things as well, trying to cope with what is a huge incident that took place there in in magdeburg. the police are saying that the area and this is something that just came out a couple of minutes ago, the area there is widely cordoned off at this point in time. obviously, the christmas market is no longer functioning as increasing parts of the city. the center of magdeburg now also, of course, being filled with with the authorities, with tents to try and tend to the people who have been injured. the german authorities now really coming in in force to come to terms with that incident. >> yeah, an enormous crime scene you might imagine there as investigators begin to do their work. fred pleitgen, thank you so much for the update. we're going to continue to follow this breaking news out of germany. stay with cnn. we'll be right back. >> new