After the speech by Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser, the people of Magdeburg are in an uproar. Both politicians were severely insulted by the crowd. There are new details about the status of the investigation into the attack. The suspected perpetrator will be interrogated on Saturday.
Magdeburg, the otherwise lively capital of the state of Saxony-Anhalt, has been here since the death journey of the alleged perpetrator Taleb. One in shock. At least five dead and several seriously injured, many of whom are in mortal danger.
Scholz: “Hate should not win”
There is great sadness after the attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg on Friday evening. But hatred and violence must not win, Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned in his speech at the crime scene on Saturday afternoon.
Scholz had previously laid flowers in St. John’s Church in memory of the victims. Together with Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (SPD), Minister of Justice Volker Wissing (no party), Minister of the Environment Steffi Lemke (Greens) and faction leader Friedrich Merz (CDU), he spoke to the Saxony-Anhalt cabinet in Magdeburg. State Chancellery. Accompanied by Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff, the politicians then visited the crime scene and spoke to the emergency services in the old town hall.
Politicians were booed by passersby
During the visit to the crime scene, Scholz said: “When such a bad, terrible event happens, we as a country must stick together so that hatred does not define us.” whole country.
After the speech, the politicians were insulted and booed by passers-by. ‘Traitor!’ the residents of Magdeburg hurled at Minister of the Interior Faeser. ‘Murderers!’ and ‘we are the people!’ they shouted at Scholz as he left the crime scene at the Christmas market.
The suspect drove the car along the escape and rescue route
On Saturday afternoon, authorities in Saxony-Anhalt announced new details about the status of the investigation. According to Ronni Krug, public order representative for the city of Magdeburg, five people were killed and 200 injured. Of these, 41 people were seriously and seriously injured. Krug said the city had revised its safety concept before the current Christmas season. This was a response to the knife attack at a city festival in Solingen this summer.
Still, the alleged perpetrator managed to drive the rented BMW into the crowd. Via the escape and rescue route he would have reached the central square where the Christmas market took place. The journey took about three minutes until the arrest, said Tom-Oliver Langhans, director of the Magdeburg police station.
So far, there is no solid information about the alleged perpetrator’s motive, but it is believed that the perpetrator was a lone perpetrator. “Dissatisfaction with the treatment of Saudi Arabian refugees” could have been the trigger for the crime, senior prosecutor responsible Horst Nopens said on Saturday.
Investigation into possible warning from Saudi Arabia
Magdeburg authorities said there is currently no evidence that Saudi Arabia had warned about the alleged perpetrator. However, this is being investigated, says Tom-Oliver Langhans, director of the Magdeburg police station. We work closely with the responsible safety authorities.
The arrested man will be interrogated on Saturday. The Magdeburg Public Prosecutor’s Office is now investigating the alleged perpetrator and 50-year-old doctor Taleb A. for five murder charges. The man is also accused of 200 counts of attempted murder in combination with grievous bodily harm.
Source: Krone
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