The German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) reported that in late summer 2023, they received a tip via social media regarding a person involved in the Magdeburg attack, according to the dpa agency.

The German equivalent of the FBI admitted that last year they received tips about the Christmas market attacker long before the attack – however, authorities deemed the allegations not serious

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.