{"id":3955,"date":"2025-01-04T07:52:27","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T07:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=3955"},"modified":"2025-01-04T09:02:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T09:02:01","slug":"christmas-market-killer-was-known-to-german-police-saudi-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=3955","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Market Killer Was Known to German Police, Saudi Officials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul id=\"menu-1-b261645\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/europeanconservative.com\/event\/\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"menu-1-b261645\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/europeanconservative.com\/news\/\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/europeanconservative.com\/analysis\/\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/europeanconservative.com\/commentary\/\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/europeanconservative.com\/interviews\/\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/europeanconservative.com\/reviews\/\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/europeanconservative.com\/rod-dreher\/\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/europeanconservative.com\/democracy-watch\/\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/europeanconservative.com\/media\/\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/europeanconservative.com\/event\/\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/europeanconservative.com\/articles\/category\/news\/\">NEWS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Christmas Market Killer Was Known to German Police, Saudi Officials<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Details emerging about the Saudi man who plowed a car into a German Christmas market, killing 5 and injuring more than 200.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/europeanconservative.com\/articles\/author\/tec-news\/\">TEC News<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/europeanconservative.com\/articles\/2024\/12\/22\/\">\u2014 <time>December 22, 2024<\/time><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/europeanconservative.com\/articles\/author\/tec-news\/\"><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/europeanconservative.com\/articles\/2024\/12\/22\/\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/europeanconservative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AFP__20241222__36R89CD__v1__Preview__GermanyAttackMarketChristmasCrime-e1734862124617.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46871\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A woman lays flowers at a makeshift memorial outside the Johanniskirche near the site of an attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Photo by John MACDOUGALL \/ AFP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The man arrested for <a href=\"https:\/\/europeanconservative.com\/articles\/news\/unidentified-assailant-attacks-german-christmas-market\/\">ramming a car<\/a> into a crowd of shoppers on the Friday evening at the Magdeburg Christmas market in Germany, Taleb Jawad al-Abdulmohsen, came to the attention of German authorities as early as 2013. In September of that year, the Rostock District Court sentenced the Saudi doctor to a fine for \u201cdisturbing the public peace by threatening to commit criminal offenses,\u201d reports&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bild.de\/news\/magdeburg-raste-auto-in-menschenmenge-grosseinsatz-auf-weihnachtsmarkt-6765b9fff0c2b32e8c26d02b\">Bild<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other details about the man accused of killing five people, including a nine-year-old child, and leaving more than 200 injured, have also emerged, including that Saudi Arabia recently warned German authorities three times about the potential danger posed by the Saudi national, the German newspaper <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/panorama\/justiz\/magdeburg-news-am-sonntag-haftbefehl-gegen-tatverdaechtigen-erlassen-a-7c21a20a-8d4f-45f9-8501-864a43906db6\">Der Spiegel<\/a><\/em> reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The president of the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), Holger M\u00fcnch, said that in November 2023 there was a tip-off from Saudi Arabia about al-Abdulmohsen. M\u00fcnch told public broadcaster ZDF that his office had received a notice from the Islamic Kingdom in November 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cy09y32rlnxo\">reports<\/a> that \u201ca source close to the Saudi government told the BBC it sent four official notifications known as \u2018Notes Verbal\u2019 to German authorities, warning them about what they said were \u201cthe very extreme views\u201d held by al-Abdulmohsen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, BBC reports, a counter-terrorism expert told the broadcaster that \u201cthe Saudis may have been mounting a disinformation campaign to discredit someone who tried to help young Saudi women seek asylum in Germany.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The police in Saxony-Anhalt then carried out \u201cappropriate investigative measures,\u201d but the reported statements were \u201cunspecific.\u201d The accused also had various contacts with authorities due to insults, and occasional threats, \u201cbut he was not known for acts of violence,\u201d the BKA chief said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Magdeburg police announced during a press conference on Saturday that an attempt had been made to identify potential threats a year ago. They did not provide any further details. Al-Abdulmohsen had repeatedly made threats against Germany on social media and threatened to use violence. Among other things, he accused the country of pursuing the \u201cIslamization of Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the days since the horrific attack, other sometimes-conflicting information about the accused has emerged which point to failures by the German government in assessing the threat posed by al-Abdulmohsen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Independent Arabia<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independentarabia.com\/node\/614227\/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9\/%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1\/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B0%D8%A7-%D9%86%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B0-%D9%87%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%B3-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%9F\">reports<\/a> that a Saudi woman contacted the German authorities last year, warning of al-Abdulmohsen\u2019s plans to target civilians. However, it reports, these warnings did not receive the necessary attention, which sparked widespread criticism of the German government, which described its failure to deal with the warnings as a \u201cmissed opportunity\u201d to avoid the tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saudi author and commentator Salman Al-Ansari has claimed on X that al-Abdulmohsen fled Saudi Arabia because he was accused of crimes such as rape. In Germany, the claim is, he pretended to be a dissident and committed crimes such as human trafficking alongside his work as a doctor. This claim has not been independently verified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&amp;width=550px<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another commentator speculated that al-Abdulmohsen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>is not an ex-Muslim atheist, nor is he a fan of the AfD or Elon Musk. While he may have spread this misinformation himself, it aligns with the practice of Taqqiye, an Islamic doctrine that permits lying and deception to advance Islamic objectives. In reality, he is a radical Shia Muslim, as evidenced by his name and numerous tweets and chat leaks circulating on Arabic-speaking platforms like X. Disturbingly, his plans to carry out mass killings of Germans were brought to the attention of German authorities by a Saudi woman. Tragically, the police ignored her warnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MaralSalmassi\/status\/1870413236996092217\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/europeanconservative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-22-at-11.24.08-AM-1024x749.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46874\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Nioh Berg noted on X that al-Abdulmohsen recently expressed solidarity with terrorist group Hamas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&#038;embedId=twitter-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas Market Killer Was Known to German Police, Saudi Officials Details emerging about the Saudi man who plowed a car into a German Christmas market, killing 5 and injuring more than 200. 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