The attack on the Magdeburg Christmas market could have been prevented but was made possible because Germany’s authorities ignored the warning signs, German far-right AfD member of the European parliament Tomasz Froelich says.
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00:00Do you think this attack was preventable and who ultimately bears responsibility for this
00:06from what we now know?
00:08I'm sure that it was possible to prevent the terrorist attack. You have to keep in mind
00:13the chronology of Talib al-Abdulmohsen after coming to Germany. In 2006, Talib al-Abdulmohsen,
00:22I hope my pronunciation of the name is right, you know it better than me. But in 2006,
00:28he fled to Germany from Saudi Arabia after committing serious crimes in Saudi Arabia.
00:34In 2013, he was convicted in Germany for disturbing the public peace by threatening
00:41criminal acts. At the very latest, he should have been deported at this time.
00:49But nevertheless, in 2016, he applied for asylum and asylum was granted.
00:55So the authorities in Saudi Arabia repeatedly warned the German authorities about him.
01:04Multiple requests for his extradition were ignored by the German authorities.
01:09And I think this is a scandal.