German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lays flowers near site of 'terrible act' in Magdeburg, Germany.German Chancellor Olaf Scholz laid flowers at a church door after visiting the scene of a car-ramming attack in the German city of Magdeburg.
READ MORE:German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was heckled, booed and called a 'murderer' by a crowd gathered at the scene of a horrifying Christmas market attack that left five dead and hundreds injured on Friday night.
On Saturday morning, Chancellor Scholz arrived to pay his respects at the market, where he described last night's event as a 'terrible, insane act'.'We have now learned that there are over 200 who were injured. Five have died so far, an incredible number, almost 40 are so seriously injured that we have to be very worried about them.
— Ian Miles Cheong December 21, 2024 Olaf Scholz und Nancy Faeser werden in Magdeburg übel beschimpft. pic.twitter.com/hpQJBodZRy Alice Weidel, leader of the hard-Right AfD, said that 'staggering failures by the authorities made the horror of Magdeburg possible.' Scholz is seen accompanied by German Federal Minister of Justice Volker Wissing and German Minister of the Environment Steffi Lemke Scholz and his ministers were escorted by police amid hostile booing from bystanders
It is understood that police had previously spoken to Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, that he was on a 'dangerous persons' list and that Saudi Arabia had warned Germany about him because of his fierce criticism of his home country. In 2013 he was sentenced by a German court for 'disturbing the public peace by threatening to commit crimes', according to Der Spiegel.
Debris and closed stalls are seen on the site of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in MagdeburgPlush toys, candles and floral tributes lie near the site where a car drove into a crowd at a Magdeburg Christmas market He also accused German authorities of failing to do enough to combat what he said was the 'Islamism of Europe.'
Clergymen pass by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and German President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier during a prayer ceremony at the Magdeburg Cathedral on SaturdayMany brought candles, wreaths and teddy bears to honour the young victims slain and injured in the deadly attackThose in attendance included emergency responders and fire fighters, victims' families, and political leaders.
The masked protestors who waved anti-immigration posters and shouted chants of 'migration kills' were escorted by hundreds of police in full riot gear as they marched through the city
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