Al Arabiya News Journalist David Kampmann explains how the warnings of a Saudi woman about online threats made by the suspect in the Magdeburg Christmas market attack were ignored by authorities.
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00:00First of all, can you give us an idea about the Saudi lady who initially flagged the suspect?
00:08Yes, so Talib Abdel Mohsen basically had posted something on X.
00:14He had repeatedly beforehand accused German authorities of not fighting religious extremism in the proper way
00:21and basically announced that he would have to do something big.
00:24So he asked the rhetorical question,
00:27will anyone blame me if I, quote, killed 20 random Germans?
00:33So said Saudi lady thought that that was definitely something that deserved attention.
00:38So she referred his case to the website of the Office for Migration and Refugees,
00:43who have an account on X, and they turned it down.
00:46They said, well, we are not in charge.
00:48This is a law enforcement matter, so you can refer it to the Berlin police.
00:53She got in contact with them, according to her statement,
00:56and they apparently reacted coldly, if I may quote her, and said,
01:00we are not in charge either.
01:02You will have to refer to the police in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, where he was residing.
01:07So she basically reported the whole thing to the Berlin police, once again, through a link on X,
01:13and that she was given on their official website, if I'm not mistaken,
01:19and apparently so to no avail.
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