MAGDEBURG (Germany): Saudi Arabia had warned Germany about the man suspected of carrying out the incident at the Magdeburg Christmas market, according to Saudi Arabian security sources, reported German news agency (dpa).
Saudi Arabia requested the extradition of the suspect, named under German law as Taleb A., but Germany had not responded, the sources said.
They said the man was a Shiite Muslim who comes from the city of Al-Hofuf in eastern Saudi Arabia. Shiites are a minority in the country, making up only around 10 per cent in the majority Sunni nation.
German authorities were alerted about the man about a year ago, dpa has learned. However the nature of the warning is currently unknown.
— BERNAMA-dpa
