Magdeburg bloodbath: politicians are calling for radical security reforms!

Magdeburg bloodbath: politicians are calling for radical security reforms!

A devastating attack caused horror at the Christmas market in Magdeburg: a refugee living in Germany raced in Germany with his car into the crowd and left a bloodbath. Five people, including a toddler, died, while up to 235 others were injured. This terrible act sparked memories of the terrorist attack in Vienna in November 2020 in both Germany and Austria, in which several people also lost their lives. This reports the crown .

political consequences and demands

The attack immediately triggered a political debate. CSU boss Markus Söder calls for a “turn of the times” in internal security and speaks for a new security package that is to be implemented after the Bundestag election. "We finally have to wake up. We live in another time," said Söder. The Bavarian Prime Minister argues that Germany would be blindly blindly "without American secret services and pleads for data retention in order to be able to combat crime and terrorism better. The SPD does not want to remain inactive either: party leader Lars Klingbeil has announced that asylum seekers who threaten to be terror to increase the security, such as the Tagesschau reported.

In the upcoming meeting of the Bundestag, Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser and other relevant security representatives are to be asked to clarify the circumstances of the attack. Klingbeil calls for a comprehensive examination why the perpetrator could not be stopped despite previous threats of violence. This presence of the security authorities and the call for strict measures suggest that the pressure on politics is growing to find suitable answers for a safe Germany.