New information is emerging about the attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg, which claimed the lives of five people. It has been revealed that the German police had contacted the perpetrator a few weeks before the attack.

BERLIN – Days after an attacker driving a sport utility vehicle killed five people at a Christmas market in eastern Germany, calls for solidarity have given way to political sniping, as questions grew on Dec 23 about the authorities’ inability to prevent the deaths.