(DPA) The man accused of killing six people by ramming a car into crowds at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg said he had begun a hunger strike on the second day of his high-security trial on Tuesday.
“I started the hunger strike yesterday. I intend to do it for three weeks. No physical harm is expected,” Taleb al-Abdulmohsen said in court.
Presiding Judge Dirk Sternberg made it clear that the trial could continue in al-Abdulmohsen’s absence if necessary.
“You do not have the power to delay or torpedo the trial by going on hunger or thirst strike,” Sternberg told the 51-year-old defendant.
