Suspect Taleb Abdul Javad, originally from Saudi Arabialived in 2011-2016 in Mecklenburg-Vorpommerna federal state in the east German. In 2013, he was sentenced by a court in Rostock to 90 days imprisonment for disturbing public peace by threatening to commit crimes – Christian Pegel, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, said at a press conference in Schwerin. The weekly “Spiegel” reported about it earlier.
According to the minister, the perpetrator of the attack ended in Stralsund (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania) part of specialized medical training. In the dispute regarding the recognition of exam results threatened representatives of the medical association committing a crime that would attract international attention. He then referred to the attack on Maraton Bostoński – described in dpa.
Germany. The services searched the house of the perpetrator of the attack in Magdeburg
During the search of the attacker's house, no evidence was found indicating actual preparations for the attack or no Islamist connections. – On the contrary, he seemed to distance himself (from Islam) and advocate the opposite, Pegel pointed out.
In 2014, the man was suspected of use of coercion. He wanted to ask the authorities in Stralsund for help with living costs and reportedly threatened to take action that would attract international attention if it was not received. He allegedly threatened to take his own life in the office if his application was rejected.
After the 2013 verdict, Javad complained that the judges who issued the verdict were racist. He allegedly threatened to get a gun if there was any doubt and he will take revenge on them. He also allegedly claimed that the German constitution itself is xenophobic, dpa wrote.
The interior minister of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern also announced that the man had not been classified as a threat, which is usually the case when a person holds dangerous views or endorses such ideologies. In this case this didn't happen – transferred.
Attack in Magdeburg. The attack is on the agenda of the Bundestag
The case of the attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg, which killed five people and injured many others, may be heard later this year subject of debates of the Bundestag. According to the Bild daily, special meetings of the parliamentary control body responsible for secret services and the internal affairs committee are being prepared for December 30, dpa reported.
On Friday evening, a passenger car driven by Javad drove at high speed into a crowd of people at a Christmas market in Magdeburg in eastern Germany. On the attack five people died and 200 were injured.
The dpa agency, citing police sources, reported early on Sunday morning that The 50-year-old is to be arrested. The perpetrator's motive could have been dissatisfaction with the way refugees from Saudi Arabia are treated in Germany, Horst Walter Nopens, the chief prosecutor of Magdeburg, said on Saturday.
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