Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is drawing a direct link between immigration and an attack in Germany where a man drove into a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers, killing at least five people and injuring 200 others.

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

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

Leading right-wing figures in Europe have also weighed in, criticising the German authorities for failing to take stronger preventative action.View on euronews

Authorities have identified the suspect in the Magdeburg attack as a Saudi doctor who arrived in Germany in 2006 and had received permanent residency

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Saturday drew a direct link between immigration and an attack in Germany where a man drove.

During a rare appearance before independent media in Budapest, Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban expressed his sympathy to the families of the victims of what he called the “terrorist act” on Friday night in the city of Magdeburg.