AMOSLauf in Magdeburg: ignored warning signals, prevented tragedy?

Taleb A., ein saudischer Arzt, bedrohte eine Richterin Wochen vor dem Amoklauf in Magdeburg. Frühere Warnungen ignoriert.
Taleb A., a Saudi doctor, threatened a judge weeks before the killing spree in Magdeburg. Ignorated earlier warnings. (Symbolbild/DNAT)

AMOSLauf in Magdeburg: ignored warning signals, prevented tragedy?

Magdeburg, Deutschland - horror that was avoidable: At the Magdeburg Christmas market, a tragedy of unimaginable extent occurred. The 50-year-old Saudi doctor Taleb al-abdulmohsen converted the happy festival into a bloody chaos: five people lost their lives, numerous others were injured. But could this disaster have been prevented? Shortly before the crime, the perpetrator noticed extreme threats that were not taken seriously! apollo news reported by the alarm Disputes before German courts.

As early as 2013, Taleb al-abdulmohsen showed his terrifying side: At that time he threatened a terrorist attack with the Mecklenburg-Western Pomeranian Medical Association and referred to the attack at the Boston Marathon. But even after this conviction, his behavior was not improved. In the years after, the doctor repeatedly drew attention to himself through public threats and hostility. As early as the summer of 2023, he had to answer to the Cologne Regional Court for defamation. He had defamed members of the “Secular Refugee Aid” and caused a stir again when the judgment was pronounced. The drama in Magdeburg could have been avoided if the warning signals had been taken seriously in good time - at least the behavior of the valleyb in the past indicates this.

The dark side of the doctor from Saudi Arabia

dr. Al-Abdulmohsen, a specialist in psychiatry who has been working in the execution since 2020, saw himself as a savior in Europe before supposed Islamization. Tagesschau revealed that he had been sharply criticized Islam since the end of the 1990s and described himself as an atheist. The authorities were warned - several times! Taleb is said to have repeatedly threatened drastic violence on the Internet and in personal writing while insulting the German state. His rage speech in October 2024 underlined this dangerous fanaticism again. But why was a risk addressing never carried out despite repeated warnings?

In the course of the investigation, piquant details now come to light. Taleb, who was known as exile audi and helped women in the asylum, seemed to want to take revenge on the German state. He was suspected of promoting extreme political views with the AfD. But the investigators are still disagreed with the perpetrator's exact motif. A drug test after his arrest should have been positive and now gives the authorities more puzzles.

repeated warnings of the drama

As early as the summer of 2023, Saudi Arabian security authorities alarmed their German colleagues for valleyb threats. Explicit information has been sent to social media posts in which he had already indicated terror. Despite these warnings, the German authorities supposedly saw no serious danger. "What led to the fact that the clues were deliberately overlooked?" Asked many after Germany experienced this shock - grief and anger that will not disappear as long as there are no answers. It is a memorial that reminds us of the shadows that lurk behind the scenes and which you can not only meet with words.

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