Attack in Magdeburg: ++ Thousands of residents on the funeral service – Wagenknecht calls for clarification from Faeser ++ Live ticker | EUROtoday

The assault on the Christmas market in Magdeburg shocked Germany. At least 5 individuals have been killed, together with a nine-year-old baby. 200 individuals have been injured, some critically. A driver drove straight into the group. The Saudi driver, a physician named Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, was arrested.

All developments within the reside ticker:

5:13 a.m. – Arrest warrant issued towards the suspected murderer

After the assault on the Christmas market within the metropolis, the Magdeburg public prosecutor’s workplace has utilized for an arrest warrant for the suspect for homicide and a number of tried homicide.

The 50-year-old was introduced earlier than the choose on Saturday night, the police stated on Sunday morning. The choose on the Magdeburg district courtroom ordered pre-trial detention for 5 counts of homicide, a number of tried murders and a number of counts of grievous bodily hurt.

The alleged perpetrator was taken to a correctional facility. Senior public prosecutor Horst Walter Nopens spoke of an assault on Saturday. “We don’t yet know whether it was a terrorist attack,” he stated.

00:55 a.m. – BKA boss confirms “unspecific” warning from Saudi Arabia

The head of the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), Holger Münch, spoke on ZDF. Münch stated that the BKA obtained a tip from Saudi Arabia in regards to the man in November 2023. “Proceedings have also been initiated here. The police in Saxony-Anhalt then carried out appropriate investigative measures.” However, the matter was unspecific.

“He also had various contacts with the authorities, made insults and even made threats. “But he was not known for acts of violence,” Münch stated of the suspect. But these items must be checked once more to see whether or not the safety authorities had let something slip. “We have a completely atypical pattern here, and we have to analyze it calmly now.”

00:10 a.m. – Victims’ consultant fears tons of of these affected

The federal authorities’s victims’ consultant, Pascal Kober, expects a number of hundred individuals to be in want of assist after the demise journey. “This is one of the biggest attacks we have had to date,” the FDP member of the Bundestag advised the RND. “If you include witnesses and first responders, that increases to a high three-digit number of affected people.”

The expertise could be related to nice psychological stress, stated Kober. “Those affected should not think that they can cope with this alone. The earlier help is available, the lower the risk that damage will become chronic.” Those affected should be knowledgeable in regards to the choices for monetary and psychosocial assist. “It is important that no concern goes unnoticed.”

Saturday December twenty first:

9:55 p.m. – Right-wing extremists and hooligans within the metropolis middle

Right-wing extremist slogans have been additionally blended into the commemoration in downtown Magdeburg on Saturday night. According to an preliminary estimate by the police, round 1,000 individuals gathered in a central sq. within the state capital of Saxony-Anhalt. Among different issues, you may see a banner with the phrase “remigration” and so-called homeland flags. Shouts like “We are the people” might be heard. A “Bild” reporter stories on aggressive right-wing extremists and hooligans. Right-wing extremist Thorsten Heise – politician from the “Heimat” celebration, previously the NPD – gave a speech.

8:49 p.m. – Thousands of residents on the funeral service – “Is there still a safe place?” shouts the bishop

Thousands of Magdeburg residents commemorate the victims at funeral and memorial companies within the cathedral and on Cathedral Square. At 7:04 p.m., precisely 24 hours after the crime, all of the church bells within the metropolis rang.

In his sermon, the Central German Protestant regional bishop Friedrich Kramer referred to as for unity. “Is there still a safe place?” Kramer requested. Violent criminals put themselves on the throne of consideration. “Everything should conform to them, and anything that doesn’t conform to them should die,” stated Kramer. He referred to as for these violent criminals to not be given area, however relatively to face collectively as a society in solidarity.

“Yesterday evening’s brutal attack leaves us sad and angry, perplexed and afraid, uncertain and desperate, speechless and stunned and deeply affected. “We are here in the cathedral this evening with feelings that cannot be grasped,” stated Catholic Bishop Gerhard Feige.

7:25 p.m. – Memorial hour in Magdeburg Cathedral

Those affected and their kin, emergency companies, residents and politicians commemorate the victims in Magdeburg Cathedral. Among these current are Saxony-Anhalt’s Prime Minister Haseloff, Federal Chancellor Scholz, Federal President Steinmeier and Mayor Simone Borris (impartial).

6:26 p.m. – Police tried to handle a menace a 12 months in the past

The police stated on the press convention that an try was made to talk to the perpetrator in entrance of him a few grievance. But apparently that did not occur. According to the general public prosecutor’s workplace, al-Abdulmohsen was “not the focus” of investigators.

6:14 p.m. – Musk criticizes the “suicidal empathy of the German government”

On Friday, the tech billionaire had already referred to as for Scholz to resign. On Saturday, Elon Musk identified Saudi Arabia’s extradition requests for the perpetrator in Magdeburg – and criticized the truth that Germany had not given in to this. “Yes, he was obviously a madman who should never have entered Germany and who was supposed to be extradited when Saudi Arabia made the request,” Musk writes. “Suicidal empathy on the part of the German government.”

6:09 p.m. – Saudis repeatedly identified the attacker’s posts

German safety circles confirmed to WELT that the Saudi embassy had drawn the German authorities’ consideration to Taleb al-Abdulmohsen a number of instances. According to the Reuters information company, this occurred in 2023 and 2024. However, the knowledge solely referred to the person’s public posts on the brief message service X.

5:36 p.m. – Wagenknecht: Faeser has to make clear ignored warnings

BSW founder Sahra Wagenknecht calls on the Federal Ministry of the Interior to make clear whether or not the crime may have been prevented. Interior Minister Faeser should as soon as once more reply the query “why so many tips and warnings were ignored in advance,” stated Wagenknecht. Although the suspect was identified to the Federal Criminal Police Office, amongst others, and publicly posted his “radical positions and threats against Germany and its citizens,” he had a everlasting residence allow. In view of the assaults in Solingen and Mannheim, Wagenknecht referred to as for “finally a convincing security concept with a clear focus on protecting the population”.

5:22 p.m. – Perpetrator speaks out – Federal Attorney General has not but taken over

The investigations are persevering with to be carried out by the police in Saxony-Anhalt. The federal prosecutor’s workplace remains to be checking whether or not it is going to take over the investigation, it was stated on the press convention. The perpetrator remains to be in police custody. He has already commented.