Too early to jump to conclusions over German Christmas market attack

31/12/2024 19:16

Germany's interior minister said on Monday it was still too soon to jump to any conclusions about the man suspected of driving his car into a Christmas

market in Magdeburg and killing at least five people.



Authorities are looking into whether there were security lapses in the build-up to the Dec. 20 attack, which has cast a renewed spotlight on security and immigration ahead of a snap election.



Officials have described the arrested suspect as a 50-year-old psychiatrist from Saudi Arabia with a history of anti-Islamic rhetoric and a sympathy for the far-right Alternative for Germany Party.



"The perpetrator does not fit into any previous categorisation," Faeser said after a four-hour session of a ministerial committee focused on the attack.



She promised a full investigation. "Every stone will be turned over here."