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Mecca Security was to secure the Magdeburg Christmas market. Depending on the day of the week and time, two to six security forces were responsible for securing the entire market.
Mecca Security was supposed to secure the Magdeburg Christmas market. Depending on the day of the week and the time, two to six security guards were responsible for securing the entire market.
A gap between two concrete bollards enabled Taleb al-Abdulmohsen to kill several people at the Magdeburg Christmas market.
After the attack on the Magdeburg Christmas market, new details about the Christmas market’s security concept have come to light. According to this, the company Mecca Security GmbH was responsible for securing the Christmas market with mobile patrols, as Bild reports.
Depending on the day of the week and the time, a different number of employees were scheduled. From Sunday to Thursday, only two security guards were hired from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., and four security guards from 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. At the time of the attack, on a Friday at 7 p.m., at least six Mecca Security employees were scheduled. These six employees were supposed to secure the entire Christmas market with thousands of visitors and would also have been responsible for guarding the escape routes.
In order to allow rescue workers access to the area, a six-meter-wide gap was left between two concrete barriers. According to the security concept, this should have been only four meters wide and should have been closed with a steel chain and then opened when rescue workers needed to enter the site. The attacker Taleb al-Abdulmohsen used this open gap to kill five people at the Christmas market and injure hundreds more in a BMW.
Security would also have been responsible for opening and closing the rescue gap. How they were supposed to monitor and ensure the Christmas market with such a small number of staff remains unclear. It is also questionable whether it was even planned to place a steel chain on the concrete blocks to protect against attacks. In order to be able to place this steel chain between the concrete bollards, the concrete bollards would have needed eyelets. And these eyelets were not there.
This security concept may have legal consequences for the city of Magdeburg. The entire concept had to be approved by the city, with far too few security personnel. There have now been several complaints against those responsible in the city of Magdeburg and the police because of the blatant deficiencies.
Mecca Security was supposed to secure the Magdeburg Christmas market. Depending on the day of the week and the time, two to six security guards were responsible for securing the entire market.
A gap between two concrete bollards enabled Taleb al-Abdulmohsen to kill several people at the Magdeburg Christmas market.
After the attack on the Magdeburg Christmas market, new details about the Christmas market’s security concept have come to light. According to this, the company Mecca Security GmbH was responsible for securing the Christmas market with mobile patrols, as Bild reports.
Depending on the day of the week and the time, a different number of employees were scheduled. From Sunday to Thursday, only two security guards were hired from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., and four security guards from 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. At the time of the attack, on a Friday at 7 p.m., at least six Mecca Security employees were scheduled. These six employees were supposed to secure the entire Christmas market with thousands of visitors and would also have been responsible for guarding the escape routes.
In order to allow rescue workers access to the area, a six-meter-wide gap was left between two concrete barriers. According to the security concept, this should have been only four meters wide and should have been closed with a steel chain and then opened when rescue workers needed to enter the site. The attacker Taleb al-Abdulmohsen used this open gap to kill five people at the Christmas market and injure hundreds more in a BMW.
Security would also have been responsible for opening and closing the rescue gap. How they were supposed to monitor and ensure the Christmas market with such a small number of staff remains unclear. It is also questionable whether it was even planned to place a steel chain on the concrete blocks to protect against attacks. In order to be able to place this steel chain between the concrete bollards, the concrete bollards would have needed eyelets. And these eyelets were not there.
This security concept may have legal consequences for the city of Magdeburg. The entire concept had to be approved by the city, with far too few security personnel. There have now been several complaints against those responsible in the city of Magdeburg and the police because of the blatant deficiencies.
