Secret file reveals Saudi doc who ‘killed 5 including boy, 9, at Xmas market’ had been tracked by cops for 11 YEARS
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THE Saudi-born doctor suspected to be behind the deadly attack at a German Christmas market had been tracked by police for over a decade, a secret file has revealed. Despite numerous warnings and a long history of threats, Dr. Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, 50, was allegedly able to carry out a horrifying three-minute rampage that left five dead, including a nine-year-old boy, and injured 205 others.
![[The moment suspect Taleb al-Abdulmohsen was arrested by German cops at the scene of the horror Christmas car crash]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/b7330bde-a592-4001-8736-336bedd341de.jpg?strip=all&w=305)
The suspect, who stayed at a nearby hotel to allegedly plan the attack, was arrested at the scene and hauled into court over the weekend by armed police. He now faces five murder charges in a case that has left Germany grieving and furious over potential security failures that might have prevented the tragedy.
![[The Saudi-born doctor had been tracked by police for over a decade]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/70a16e12-80c7-4fc8-af0c-1e1194b5e4e6.jpg?strip=all&w=360)
The psychiatrist and self-proclaimed atheist from Saudi Arabia had a long and troubling history of erratic behaviour, online threats, and grievances with German authorities. Yet, despite repeated red flags, he was never officially classified as a threat.
![[The market was closed following the attack]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2024-magdeburg-germany-police-arrested-958997031.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The first major alarm was raised in 2013 when al-Abdulmohsen threatened to attack a medical association over a dispute about his qualifications. His menacing remarks, made just days after the Boston Marathon bombing, alluded to carrying out a similar atrocity.
Police raided his apartment but, finding no concrete evidence of attack preparations, let him off with a fine. This pattern of threats and inaction would continue. In 2014, al-Abdulmohsen threatened to commit an attack or suicide, prompting another police visit.
![[Footage caught the moment the car ploughed into the market]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/image_2401c8.webp?strip=all&w=450)
