New details from the attack in Germany: a warning was received about the suspect in 2023

A 50-year-old psychiatrist from Saudi Arabia, identified as Taleb A., was arrested on suspicion of murder after he ran over five people to death at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany.

According to reports, the suspect, who has been living in Germany since 2006, posted confused messages on the X social network on the day of the attack, in which, among other things, he accused the police of stealing his USB drive and destroying a criminal complaint he filed. In addition, in his strange publications he blamed German liberalism for the death of the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates.

“He felt that only he was right and everyone else was wrong, he felt that he was the center of everything and that he was important. He always had problems with everyone,” testified Taha al-Haji, an expatriate Saudi lawyer and legal director of a human rights organization in Berlin, who knew the suspect. According to him, most of the Saudi opposition activists did not have good relations with the suspect due to his problematic behavior.

According to the “Walt” newspaper, the suspect previously underwent psychological treatment. It also turned out that the German security authorities received a warning from Saudi Arabia about the suspect as early as 2023, but after an examination found that the warning was too vague.

72 people were injured in the incident, 15 of them in a serious condition. The incident sparked political protests in Germany, with around 3,500 people attending a rally by the far-right AfD party, while around 4,000 counter-protesters formed a human chain to protest the political use of the tragic event.

Following the incident, the German Minister of the Interior, Nancy Pfizer, called for the strengthening of internal security laws and the introduction of biometric surveillance.