German security chiefs face questions over Christmas market attack

Police officers at the Christmas market where a car drove into a crowd, in Magdeburg, Germany, Dec 22, 2024. They were to be quizzed about possible missed clues and security failures before the Dec 20 attack in the eastern city of Magdeburg, where police

Investigators have yet to declare a suspected motive in the assault that used a motor vehicle as a weapon, a method previously used in attacks including in Berlin and in the French city of Nice in 2016. Abdulmohsen has been remanded in custody on five counts of murder and 205 counts of attempted murder, prosecutors said, but so far not on terrorism-related charges.Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who faces a general election in February, has declared that Germany needs to"investigate whether this terrible act could have been prevented".

A source close to the Saudi government told AFP that the kingdom had in the past sought his extradition. German police have said they had contacted Abdulmohsen in September 2023 and October 2024, and then repeatedly tried but failed to meet him again in December.

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