Officials from Saudi Arabia reportedly warned Germany about Taleb al-Abdulmoꩲhsen, the man responsible for Friday's attack at the Ch🍰ristmas market in Magdeburg.
Ahead of the a🐟ttack at the Ge꧒rman Christmas market on Friday, Saudi authorities had reportedly warned Germany about the suspected attacker.
Officials from Saudi Arabia reportedly warned Germany about Taleb al-Abdulmoꩲhsen, the man responsible for Friday's attack at the Ch🍰ristmas market in Magdeburg.
As per a report by Financial Times, Saudi authorities repeatedly warned German authorities of the suspected attacker.🐲 Authorities tracked the att𒉰acker's social media posts and stated that Taleb boasted that "something big will happen in Germany."
The attacker has been identified as Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, a Saudi dissident who has described himself as an ex-Muslim. His social media accounts added to this cl𝕴aim and showed that he was a strict 𝔉critic of Islam and rallied against Muslim immigration into Europe.
The report further claimed that Taleb was growing hostile to ♑German authorities,🥃 whom he believed were trying to censor him.
After leaving Saudi Arabia, Al-Abdulmohsen p🏅ublicly renounced Islam and created a website to help opponents of the Saudi regime to flee the country, especially women.
Another report from CNN suggested that Saudi Arabia alerted Germany about thꦓe man at least three times before the attack, dating back to 2007.
Saudi auth⛦orities also added that suspect had harassed Saudis abroad who opposed his political views and became a supporter of the far-right AfD, w🎶ho are well-known for their opposition to Muslim immigration and their anti-Islamic views.
On Friday, a driver rammed a car into the crowded Christmas market at Magdeburg, killing at least five people an♏d injuring over 200. At least seven Indian nationals were also injured in the attack.
The motive of the attack is yet to be established by authorities. Fo🌞llowing the attack, world leaders expressed their shock and condemned the act of violence.