Revealed: Police were warned a year ago that Xmas market maniac was planning an atrocity - but did nothing more than take screenshots of his twisted online threats
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The Saudi doctor who killed five people by ploughing his BMW into a Christmas market vowed to slaughter '20 Germans' last year. German police were warned about 'unstable' Dr Taleb Al-Abdulmohsen in September last year, but did nothing more than take screenshots of his twisted online threats.
![[Several German media outlets identified the suspect as Taleb A (pictured), and reported that he was a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/23/93380145-14217683-Several_German_media_outlets_identified_the_suspect_as_Taleb_A_p-a-35_1734822164420.jpg)
The 50-year-old psychiatrist rammed his SUV into a packed market in the town of Magdeburg on Friday night, leaving a nine-year-old boy and four adults dead and injuring more than 200 people, 40 of them critically. Footage showed scenes of horror with the car cutting through families who barely had time to turn their heads.
![[Pictured: Taleb A the alleged car-ramming perpetrator that killed 5 and injured more than 200 in an attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg, eastern Germany]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/23/93383963-14217683-Pictured_Taleb_A_the_alleged_car_ramming_perpetrator_that_killed-a-38_1734822174092.jpg)
A woman reported his online threat, made in Arabic, to Berlin police, as well as the German migration authorities. But no action was taken. Last night she said Al-Abdulmohsen 'openly threatened the lives of Germans but police didn't arrest him or take any action. This could have been prevented if the police had done their job properly.'.
![[Firefighters patrol the scene of the crash on Friday after a car rammed into a massive crowd of shoppers at a Christmas market in Magdeburg at around 7pm]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/23/93383083-14217683-Firefighters_patrol_the_scene_of_the_crash_on_Friday_after_a_car-a-34_1734822162522.jpg)
Al-Abdulmohsen had bypassed security bollards and used an emergency corridor – which should have been blocked for anything other than ambulances and police vehicles – to enter the market. He launched his attack just after 7pm local time in Germany, as thousands of shoppers gathered at the centre of Magdeburg.
![[The Christmas market, where a car drove into a crowd on Friday evening, in Magdeburg, Germany, is empty on Saturday evening]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/21/23/93384227-14217683-The_Christmas_market_where_a_car_drove_into_a_crowd_on_Friday_ev-a-36_1734822166569.jpg)
