Overview

• The Landgericht Magdeburg has asked the Generalbundesanwalt in Karlsruhe to decide whether to take over the prosecution.
• If the federal prosecutor accepts, the trial would move to the Oberlandesgericht Naumburg.
• If the case stays in Magdeburg, the court expects to open the main proceedings on 13 October and could start the trial on 22 October.
• An indictment filed in mid‑August charges Taleb A., a 50‑year‑old Saudi‑born doctor, with six counts of murder and attempted murder in 338 cases.
• The charges stem from the 20 December 2024 vehicle attack on Magdeburg’s Christmas market that killed six people and injured more than 300.