00:00A Saudi refugee is headed to trial in Germany for allegedly plowing a car through a crowd at a busy Christmas market in Madjburg in 2024, leaving six people dead.
00:12The 51-year-old suspect, Taleb al-Abdulmosin, appeared in court on Monday, seated behind bulletproof glass,
00:18faced with six murder charges, as well as attempted murder on roughly 300 market attendees, and for perpetuating a treacherous attack.
00:26According to AFP, a source close to the Saudi government said the country had warned Germany many times about al-Abdulmosin,
00:33a self-described former Muslim who has criticized the Islamization of Europe.
00:38According to The Guardian, Saudi Arabia considered him a fugitive and had requested his extradition,
00:43but German authorities refused at the time over concerns over al-Abdulmosin's safety upon his return.
00:49Disturbing surveillance video from the market in eastern Germany from December 20, 2024,
00:54showed the moment a car sped through the Christmas alley, leaving behind a trail of devastation.
01:00Matthias Bocher, the chief public prosecutor in the case, said the carefully planned attack also led to 338 injuries,
01:0731 of which were life-changing, according to The Guardian.
01:10Five women and a boy were killed in the terror attack.
01:13More dramatic footage from the devastating event also captured the moment German police arrested al-Abdulmosin,
01:20shouting commands at the suspect, who was crouched behind his wrecked BMW.
01:23According to German news agency DPA, prosecutors allege that al-Abdulmosin committed the minutes-long attack
01:30out of supposed personal frustration and to attract the attention he wanted.
01:35The alleged attacker spewed anti-German and anti-Muslim rhetoric on social media for years.
01:40He was also publicly critical of German authorities,
01:43saying they had failed to do enough to combat the Islamism of Europe.
01:47The German court system doesn't contain pleas, but according to the Associated Press,
01:50al-Abdulmosin told the court,
01:53I am the one who drove the car.
01:54If convicted, al-Abdulmosin could face life in prison.
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