Magdeburg Christmas market attack: authorities received warnings about suspect

German government to investigate whether more could have been done to prevent car attack that killed five

The German government has vowed to investigate whether a Christmas market car attack that killed five people and injured 200 could have been prevented, after it emerged that authorities had received multiple warnings about the suspect.

Amid mounting criticism of Germany's security apparatus, the interior minister, Nancy Faeser, said on Sunday that the heads of the domestic and foreign intelligence services would be questioned by two parliamentary committees next week.