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

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

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.