Attack on Magdeburg | Saudi Arabia had already requested the extradition of the suspect

(Riyadh) Saudi Arabia had already asked Berlin for the extradition of the Saudi suspected perpetrator of the deadly car-ramming attack that occurred Friday on the Christmas market in Magdeburg, in northeastern Germany, a source close to the government told AFP on Monday.

“There was a request [d’extradition] “, said this source on condition of anonymity, specifying that Riyadh had warned Berlin on several occasions that the suspect, Taleb Jawad al-Abdulmohsen, “could be dangerous”, without however providing additional details on the reasons for the request. extradition nor on the profile of Mr. Abdulmohsen.

Since Friday evening, questions have been flying about the motivations of the suspect, a 50-year-old Saudi doctor, and about possible failures to alert despite the worrying signals he had been sending for years.

The attack killed five people and injured more than 200 others in Magdeburg.

According to the magazine The mirrorthe Saudi secret services sent a warning a year ago to their German BND correspondents about Taleb Jawad al-Abdulmohsen.

At issue: one of his tweets in which he threatened Germany with a “price” to pay for its treatment of Saudi refugees.

The warning went unheeded, while the man locked himself in conspiratorial speeches, accusing Germany of not protecting Saudis fleeing rigorist Islam while welcoming radical Muslims.