Overview

• A contractor told the Saxony‑Anhalt parliamentary inquiry there were no coordinated instructions with the city or the market organizer for where to place the concrete blocks.
• He said his firm's contract covered storage and delivery only, with no security duties and no formal acceptance involving the company.
• The barriers have been set up since 2017 without a written plan or measurements, guided by prior years' photos and lacking official certification for the custom blocks.
• Investigators may re‑question city and operator staff about layout and acceptance steps, after earlier claims that no clear jurisdiction existed for proper placement.
• The Federal Prosecutor again declined to take over the case, which remains with local authorities, as the Magdeburg court expects to decide on opening the trial from October 13 following an attack that left six dead and more than 300 injured.