The man convicted for driving a car into a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg in 2024, killing six people, has lodged an appeal, a spokesman for Regional Court told dpa on Wednesday.
The Federal Court of Justice must now examine the case for possible legal errors.
Last week, the Magdeburg court found the 51-year-old defendant guilty of six counts of murder and over 200 counts of attempted murder, sentencing him to life imprisonment.
The sentence virtually rules out early release for the Saudi national.
On December 20, 2024, Taleb al-Abdulmohsen drove a hire car through the busy Christmas market in the central German city. A 9-year-old boy and five women died, and hundreds of people were injured, some seriously.
The judges described the defendant as "extremely dangerous."
"The defendant showed no compassion for other people during the incident," presiding Judge Dirk Sternberg said in his reasoning.
A psychiatric expert had assessed the man as having a narcissistic personality disorder. There were no doubts about his criminal responsibility.
