After an assailant driving an S.U.V. killed five people, calls for solidarity have quickly given way to criticism by rival lawmakers, ahead of snap elections set for February.

Germany's far-right AfD party on Monday held what it called a "memorial" rally for victims of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market that has newly inflamed debate on migrant and security policy.German Christmas markets -- among the country's most iconic and beloved festive events -- have been specially secured since a jihadist attacker rammed a truck through one in Berlin in 2016,

The Berlin Borough police chief said they would have acted on the warning from Germany if they'd been aware of it.