Saudi Arabia ‘had asked for extradition’ of suspect in Magdeburg attack

Riyadh warned Germany many times about danger posed by Taleb Jawad al-Abdulmohsen, source says

A source close to the Saudi government has told Agence France-Presse that Saudi authorities previously requested the extradition of the main suspect in Friday’s Christmas market attack in Germany, as multiple agencies admitted they had received warnings about him.

Echoing reporting from over the weekend, the source said Saudi Arabia warned Germany “many times” about Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, a Saudi citizen with a history of spreading anti-Islamic propaganda on social media. The source did not explain in what way he was considered potentially dangerous.

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