Saudi officials warned German police over suspect in Magdeburg Christmas market attack: Reuters

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Germany sought answers on Monday about possible security lapses after a man drove a car into a Christmas market on Friday, killing at least five people and raising fresh security and immigration concerns ahead of snap elections. The possible motive for the arrested suspect, a 50-year-old Saudi psychiatrist with a history of anti-Islamic rhetoric and sympathy for the far-right Alternative for Germany party, remains unknown, Reuters reports. On th…

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Saudi Arabia had asked for ‘extradition’ of Germany Christmas market attack suspect: Report

Saudi Arabia had earlier asked for the extradition of the Saudi suspect who drove into a crowded Christmas market in Magdeburg, killing five people and injuring over 200, news agency AFP reported on Monday (December 23) citing a source close to the government. "There was (an extradition) request," the source told AFP. Although they did not specify the reason for the request.

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Saudi Arabia has repeatedly warned Germany of the man who on Friday killed five people in an attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg. Without reaction. The motive is still unclear: why did a militant critic of Islam from Saudi Arabia take something that resembles something that an Islamist terrorist organization could have carried out?

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A government source says Saudi Arabia has warned Germany "several times" about the nine men in Madgeburg.

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According to “Der Spiegel”, the Saudi intelligence services had issued a year-long warning to Berlin about Jawad al-Abdulmohsen

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Saudi Arabia previously sought extradition of Christmas market attack suspect, source says

Saudi Arabia had warned Germany about the suspect in the Magdeburg Christmas market attack and had requested his extradition before the deadly incident, according to a source close to the Saudi government.