Police report scuffles at far-right protest attended by thousands on Saturday night calling for migrants to be deported

Authorities have identified the suspect as a Saudi doctor who arrived in Germany in 2006 and had received permanent residency. Police haven’t publicly named the suspect, in line with privacy rules, but some German news outlets have identified him as Taleb A. and reported that he was a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy.

After tragedy struck in Magdeburg, Germany, when a BMW ploughed into Christmas market goers, leaving five dead, experts fear anti-immigration tensions in the country will rise