Rival protests took to the streets of Magdeburg on Monday evening, which had been the scene of an apparent terrorist attack last week, allegedly by a Saudi Arabian who is now known to have been convicted of threatening attacks in the past.

The leader of Alternative for Germany (AfD), Alice Weidel addressed a rally of supporters at the Cathedral Square, Magdeburg on Monday night, telling those present asylum seekers who seek to kill Germans should be deported. Germany should not allow repeats of Friday’s attack, in which a car allegedly driven by a Saudi Arabian refugee was ploughed through crowds at the town’s Christmas market