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Magdeburg Christmas Market Trial Shifts to Car Evidence on Day Three

Victims' lawyers seek a life sentence, reflecting the large group of about 180 co-plaintiffs.

Overview

  • Hearing focuses on the attack vehicle, with a motor-vehicle expert scheduled and witnesses from the rental company to be examined.
  • Prosecutors say the defendant drove a rented 340-horsepower car roughly 350 meters through the market at up to 48 km/h, killing six and injuring more than 300.
  • Taleb A., 51, has admitted the act in court during earlier testimony.
  • The defendant told the court he is on a hunger strike, which the judge noted while monitoring his fitness to stand trial.
  • After a second day dominated by the defendant’s lengthy statements, proceedings have moved to evidence and witness questioning.