The nine-year old boy killed in the Magdeburg Christmas market attack in Germany has been described as a “little teddy bear”.
The Mirror reports that other victims of the atrocity have spoken of their horror at being caught up in the attack. Their disturbing accounts began to emerge on Sunday morning after suspect Taleb al-Abdulmohsen was formally remanded in custody by a German court. “Then I looked at the phone for a moment and read about the tariff agreement at VW. The second I was happy about it, it happened. The BMW caught me full, I flew over the car through the force of the impact.
Anne says she and her husband feel lucky to be alive, but will never attend another Christmas market. She added: “My husband is glad that we are still alive. That could have turned out differently.” It has been claimed Saudi security officials tried to warn German authorities about him a year ago and that they failed to respond to concerns.
Security sources say he was first identified as a potential danger in 2007 when Saudi authorities warned counterparts in Germany that the doctor had expressed “radical views of varying kinds”.