Tragedy at Magdeburg market: Suspect's night before attack
German journalists have determined what the attacker did before the incident. It turns out that the day before the attack in Magdeburg, Taleb Abdul Jawad visited his favorite bar.
On Friday evening, a car driven by Taleb Abdul Jawad, a Saudi resident in Germany since 2006, plowed into a crowd of people at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, in eastern Germany, at high speed. Five people were killed and 200 were injured in the attack.
The DPA agency, citing police sources, reported that the 50-year-old has been detained on charges of five counts of murder, multiple attempted murders, and causing numerous bodily injuries.
The motive for the perpetrator's actions might have been dissatisfaction with how refugees from Saudi Arabia are treated in Germany, stated Horst Walter Nopens, the chief prosecutor of Magdeburg, on Saturday.
The day before the attack
The day before the attack, Jawad visited a snack bar where he had been a regular for three years, according to "Bild." "I saw the picture of the killer and was shocked. I thought: I know him. He comes to my bar three or four times a week," says Yaser Al Alo, the owner of the establishment. The attacker drank beers and ate tarte flambée with shrimp.
Surveillance footage shows Jawad entering the bar after 8:00 PM, ordering a beer, and eating the Alsatian tart. "He only said: 'I am an Arab.' He didn't want to talk about his country. He was always here alone and didn't want to have contact with anyone," admits Yaser Al Alo.
