Horror at Magdeburg: Christmas market tragedy claims lives
German journalists have determined what the attacker did before the incident. It turns out that the day before the attack in Magdeburg, Taleb Abdul Jawad visited his favourite bar.
On Friday evening, a passenger car driven by Taleb Abdul Jawad, a Saudi residing in Germany since 2006, ploughed into a crowd of people at the Christmas market in Magdeburg in eastern Germany at high speed. Five people were killed and 200 were injured in the attack.
The dpa agency, citing police sources, reported that the 50-year-old is to be detained on charges of fivefold murder, multiple attempted murder, and causing numerous bodily injuries.
The motive for the perpetrator's actions might have been dissatisfaction with how refugees from Saudi Arabia are treated in Germany, stated the chief prosecutor of Magdeburg, Horst Walter Nopens, on Saturday.
The day before the attack
The day before the attack, Jawad visited a snack bar where he had been a regular for three years - as reported in "Bild." - I saw the picture of the attacker and was shocked. I thought: I know him. He comes to my bar three or four times a week - says Yaser Al Alo, the owner of the establishment. The attacker drank beers and ate tarte flambée with shrimp.
On surveillance footage, Jawad can be seen entering the bar after 8:00 PM, ordering a beer, and eating the Alsatian tart. - He only said: "I am an Arab." He didn't want to talk about his country. He was always here alone and didn't want to have contact with anyone - admits Yaser Al Alo.
