After the attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) confirmed that a comprehensive clarification of the background will take place. “The investigations of the security authorities are running at full speed” she said on Sunday. The Federal Criminal Police Office is involved in the investigations with its detectives.
“It’s about combining all the findings to form a picture of this perpetrator, who doesn’t fit into any previously known pattern.” The perpetrator “acted in an incomprehensibly brutal and gruesome way – in the manner of an Islamist terrorist, although it appears he was an Islamophobe.” “The opinions and statements made by the perpetrator will be investigated, as well as the hints and procedures at various authorities and in the justice system” Faeser said. “It’s about drawing the right conclusions.”
Here, “every stone will be turned over” by the federal authorities, the SPD politician said. “I’m sure the same will be done by the competent state authorities. We have already informed the internal spokespeople of the parliamentary factions yesterday. I will brief them again on our current findings on Monday.” In a possible extraordinary meeting of the Interior Committee, the top officials of the security authorities and herself will inform them again about the investigation progress, Faeser announced.