The toll of the attack that occurred on December 20th at the Magdeburg Christmas market has worsened. According to reports from the German police, the victims have risen to five, including a child, while the number of injured has reached 205, with 41 people in critical condition. According to the investigators, the perpetrator of the massacre “exploited the escape and rescue routes to mow down the people and the attack took place “in a time window of approximately three minutes”. The Chief Prosecutor of Magdeburg, Horst Walter Nopens, in the press conference he put forward the hypothesis that the attacker’s motive Magdeburg “It could be dissatisfaction with the way Saudi refugees are treated in Germany.” Yesterday it became known that the attacker Taleb Jawad Hussein Al Abdulmohsen Saudi doctor, reportedly tested positive in a drug test conducted after his arrest, it also emerged that the man fled Saudi Arabia in 2006 after being accused of rape and implicated in other serious crimes. As of 2020, he was employed in the correctional system for people with addictions. As reported by the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, in recent weeks Al Abdulmohsen was absent several times due to illness and consequently appeared unprepared for meetings. The man was due to appear before the Tiergarten District Court in Berlin on Thursday 19 December at 11am, the day before the attack on Magdeburg, but he never showed up. The 50-year-old Saudi was under investigation for “abuse of emergency calls”: in February he had received a criminal sanction against which he had then appealed. Having failed to appear in court on Thursday, the appeal was therefore rejected. How to prevent these attacks? We asked for an opinion from Laura Sabrina Martucci Adjunct Professor in Comparative Ecclesiastical Law and professor of Ecclesiastical Law in the Department of Law of the University of Bari, among the leading experts in convertism and religious radicalization processes, prevention of the radicalization of religious terrorism and deradicalization paths and techniques.
«The prevention of terrorist attacks requires, today more than ever, new tools and methods, which are crucial to quickly contain the threat. After October 7, the attack of Hamas it has brought to light a terrorist violence which, in addition to shocking for its brutality, has historically modified many categories of radicalization; it has fueled a reinvigorated climate of extremism and global tension. Emulatory acts of a subversive nature have multiplied which, regardless of being attributable to Islamist groups, supremacists or anarchistthefrom a security perspective, confront us with the need to analyze the common methodological factors that characterize them, well beyond pursuing the different ideological matrices. From acts just like that of yesterday’s attack in Magdeburg, the convergence in the methodologies of indoctrination and action clearly emerges: extremist ideologies, be they political, religious or atheistic, spread through an absolute and all-encompassing, powerful dogmatism. It is a “belief” that exercises a power capable of shaping identities and actions, is based on absolute and indisputable truths, canceling doubt and suffocating critical thinking. It transforms individuals, today more than ever minors, into socially dangerous subjects, leading them to extreme gestures of blind obedience, conflict and sacrifice”
The German authorities did not understand that Taleb Jawad Hussein Al Abdulmohsen it was a threat despite the signals which were many to the point that the Saudi authorities had sent a series of alerts to German intelligence.
«I believe that it is therefore essential not only to promptly identify radicalized individuals but, where possible, to judicially qualify them as “socially dangerous”. This would allow us to intervene promptly, avoiding episodes in which it emerges, too late, that the attacker “was already known to the authorities”. It is necessary to continue working on the harmonization of prevention and not just law enforcement regulations, introducing clear and secular criteria to “classify the social danger” of radicalized individuals, of course in compliance with the rule of law. Italyis already at an advantage: it has an advanced regulatory system, with an early criminal intervention threshold and personal anti-terrorism prevention measures which, as applicable to “socially dangerous” subjects, can lead to the preventive restriction of some freedoms (e.g. of movement or the use of social media), thus limiting the possibility of translating ideology into terrorist actions”.
The Aldo Moro University of Bari confirms itself as a particularly busy university and in this sense the new Master’s degree dedicated to terrorist phenomena is about to begin.
«Training is essential to counter terrorism and subversive radicalisation, which requires a transversal and targeted approach. In January 2025, the University of Bari Aldo Moro inaugurates the new edition of Master on TerrorismPrevention of subversive radicalisation, security and cybersecurity, a unique interdisciplinary program in Italy. The course addresses crucial issues with an innovative approach that integrates legal, geopolitical, psychological and technological skills, for the analysis of subversive-terrorist radicalization, the use of intelligence and contrast techniques, examining the impact of artificial intelligence and new technologies on prevention strategies; trains experts capable of intervening on complex phenomena. Teaching includes interactive lessons, laboratories and simulations, supported by a platform e-learning advanced and internships in specialized institutions. With over 50 internationally renowned speakers, the Master offers complete and applicable training, supported by scholarships”
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