The German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) has confirmed that it received in summer 2023 an alert about the suspect arrested for the intentional attack on Friday
“The Office received a notice about this through its social networks at the end of summer last year on the suspect of being responsible for the Magdeburg attack”, The organization explained in an official statement.
“This notice was like all the other notices that are received in significant quantities and was also taken seriously,” according to the agency, which recalls that “it is not an investigative body” and therefore transferred the information to the relevant authorities. The BAMF has asked for “understanding” because its work “goes beyond this.” “You cannot comment on individual cases,” he argued.
In the last few hours, screenshots of notices sent to the BAMF have circulated on social networks about the suspect whose authenticity has not been confirmed.
An official from the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), Holger Muench, has also confirmed that they received a tip about the suspect from Saudi Arabia in November 2023 and explained that an investigation was opened, but the notice was “abstract”, according to German public television ARD.
