Financial Times: Riyadh had warned Berlin about the perpetrator of the Magdeburg attack

According to RCO News Agency, German security officials recently revealed that Saudi authorities have repeatedly warned Germany about the man who allegedly carried out Friday’s attack on the Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg.

This deadly attack, which took place during the entry of a car into the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany and hit citizens on Friday evening, has left at least five dead and more than 200 injured. According to the report of the German newspaper “Bild”, a person with the citizenship of Saudi Arabia has been arrested.

Records of the attacker

In this regard, the “Financial Times” publication reported in its report today, quoting German officials, that Riyadh had previously warned the German authorities against the arrested attacker, that is, a person named “Talib al-Abdul Mohsen”.

Taleb al-Abdul Mohsen describes himself as a “former Muslim” on social media. Before carrying out this attack, he had written on his personal user account in “X”: “A big event will happen in Germany.”

Germany’s deaf ears

However, according to the Financial Times, it is unclear whether Berlin authorities heeded Riyadh’s warnings.

Taleb al-Abd al-Mohsen’s numerous posts on the social network X show him as a staunch critic of Islam, who has criticized Muslim immigration to Europe and has shown increasing hostility toward German authorities in recent months.

German authorities described him as a 50-year-old doctor from Saudi Arabia who came to Germany in 2006 and worked as a psychiatrist in Bernburg, just south of Magdeburg.

The attack, according to the Financial Times, has shaken the mood of a country already struggling with a “deep economic recession and a phase of political uncertainty after the collapse of the shaky three-party coalition government of Prime Minister Olaf Schultz in November.” It has darkened.

Schultz visited Magdeburg on Saturday, calling the incident “a terrible act” and vowing to spare no effort in the investigation process.

Nevertheless, Elon Musk, the technology billionaire who is supposed to be a member of the second cabinet of the US President-elect Donald Trump, on Friday filed accusations and demanded the resignation of German Chancellor Olaf Schultz following a deadly attack on a Christmas market in Germany. became.

In this regard, Musk wrote in a message on X’s social network: “Schultz should resign immediately.” You incompetent fool!”

German political crisis

Germany is facing an acute political crisis due to the internal differences of the ruling coalition including the Social Democratic Party of Germany, the Greens and the Free Democratic Party over budgetary, financial and economic policies, including more support for Kiev and the so-called “debt brake” issue.

On November 6, Schultz decided to fire the finance minister; An action that led to the collapse of the ruling coalition. On December 16, German Chancellor Olaf Schultz asked German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to dissolve the parliament after the failure of the vote of confidence.

Earlier, the majority of German representatives refused to vote no confidence in Schultz in an extraordinary session, paving the way for early parliamentary elections. This was the sixth vote of confidence in the chancellor in modern German history. According to the law, the German president is required to dissolve the parliament within 21 days. New elections will be held within 60 days after the dissolution of the parliament. Steinmeier announced the possibility of early elections on February 23, 2025.

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