Abdulmohsen, a Saudi-born psychiatrist, drove into a Christmas market in Magdeburg, killing and injuring many people. Saudi Arabia had warned Germany about him several times, but German authorities did not act.

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. Saudi Arabia requested the extradition of the suspect,

German police had been repeatedly warned that a Saudi doctor who is suspected of ploughing a car into crowds at a Magdeburg Christmas market posed a terror threat.