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Magdeburg Attacker’s Jailhouse Letters and Associate’s Threats Trigger Fresh Security Inquiries

Officials have used fresh threats to press for reforms in the monitoring of potential extremists

Links sieht man einen Araber mit einer Kappe und einer Brille – es handelt sich um einen Bekannten des Magdeburg-Attentäters namens Ahmad A., daneben sieht man Kerzen am Tatort des Anschlags
Der Attentäter von Magdeburg, Taleb A., schickt Briefe an Überlebende des Anschlags. Der Jungen Freiheit liegt eines der Schreiben exklusiv vor.

Overview

  • Taleb A. has begun sending letters to survivors from high-security detention, reviving trauma among those injured in the December Christmas market attack.
  • Ahmad A., a former acquaintance of Taleb A., publicly praised the rampage as justified revenge and vowed to carry out his own attack.
  • Police lost track of Ahmad A. after he vanished following his interview, with authorities unable to locate him due to a lack of fixed address.
  • The Saxony State Criminal Police Office opened an investigation into Ahmad A. after MDR journalists alerted law enforcement to his threats.
  • SPD parliamentary manager Rüdiger Erben said he will raise the case in a state investigative committee to push for tighter protocols on monitoring ‘Gefährder’.