Mourning and outrage: Magdeburg is breathing after a stop!

Mourning and outrage: Magdeburg is breathing after a stop!

A terrible attack at the Christmas market in Magdeburg cost five people and injured over 200 more. Taleb al-abdulmohsen raced into the crowd with his vehicle and caused a chaos that presented the rescue workers with enormous challenges. The incident caused nationally excitement and politics reacts in sharp words. Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser warned of the instrumentalization of this tragedy by the AfD by accusing them of abusing the suffering of the victims for their political goals. According to AfD boss Alice Weidel, this warning came, who had asked for "real Enlightenment" after the attack and thus tried to use the incident to promote her agenda, which Faeser described as "disgusting", as T-Online reported .

political reactions and allegations

The incidents at the Christmas market also have legal consequences. Against the city of Magdeburg and the police were filed for aid for murder and assault. This is associated with the failure of the authorities to take sufficient security precautions, which the prosecutors regard as criminal omission. The chairman of the Jena Criminalist Institute, Dieter Siegel, confirmed this to the "Volksstimme". The legal steps are based on the claim that a police car should have blocked at the place where the perpetrator drove through, which did not happen, such as ZDF .

In the middle of grief, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called up to stand together in solidarity. He expressed his sympathy for the victims and their relatives in his Christmas address and encouraged people not to allow hatred and violence to have the last word. The appeal to stick together and support each other is more important than ever, while the country sinks into deep grief.