"he deliberately drove his 2-tonne, 340-horsepower car into a large number of pedestrians. In what Bottcher described as a carefully planned attack that took place between 7.02pm and 7.04pm, the majority of deaths occurred within a few seconds. A nine-year-old boy and five women, aged between 45 and 75, were killed. A further 338 people were injured, 31 of them in a way prosecutors describe as life-changing."
"Because of what prosecutors have said is his extreme rhetoric and history of making violent threats, including on social media, Germany's security services have faced accusations that they could have prevented the attack had they done more to intervene. Saudi authorities had warned their German counterparts about him over specific threats he had made in 2024. Other questions have been asked as to how Abdulmohsen was able to overcome the barriers put up around the market"
Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, 51, a Saudi psychiatrist, is on trial in Magdeburg accused of murdering six people and attempting to kill many more by driving his SUV into a crowded Christmas market in December 2024. The indictment alleges a deliberate, carefully planned attack between 7.02pm and 7.04pm that killed a nine-year-old boy and five women and injured 338 people, 31 with life-changing injuries. Prosecutors say he intended to kill an indeterminately large number of people and note his history of extreme rhetoric, violent threats, far-right views and conspiracy beliefs. Saudi authorities warned German counterparts about specific threats in 2024. Questions surround security service failures and how market barriers were breached.
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