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Multiple Fatalities in Vehicle Attack at German Christmas Market
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A 50-year-old Saudi citizen, Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, is accused of ramming a car into a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, killing at least five people, including a 9-year-old boy, and injuring over 200 others. The motive behind the attack is unclear, but al-Abdulmohsen was described as a fierce critic of Islam and had made online death threats against German citizens. He had been living in Germany for two decades and had received permanent residency.
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We still have to be very cautious about what the attacker's real motives were. But what is obvious is that if there is an extremist force in the political discourse which is actually not only Islamophobic but generally phobic against any foreigners, if this is articulated in this strong way as the AfD is constantly doing, it trickles down.
Due to the incident in Magdeburg, which is not in any way linked to Austria, it was decided that police will intensify its presence across Vienna with a focus on the city's Christmas markets from Saturday.
It could be he was dissatisfied with the way in which Saudi Arabian refugees were dealt with in Magdeburg.
We have seen that the man who committed this terrible attack was extremely active, threatening on X. The question is, 'does X really act against these things?'.
We now need to work through this and draw long-term consequences.
The man also published a huge number of posts on the internet. He also had contact with various authorities, made insults and even threats. However, he was not known to have committed acts of violence.
The Magdeburg perpetrator had repeatedly attracted attention by threatening crimes. There were also warnings about him but, according to what is known so far, his political statements were so confused that none of the security authorities' patterns fitted him.
Emergency services are doing all they can to care for those affected.
At this point, we can only say for sure that the perpetrator was evidently Islamophobic — we can confirm that. Everything else is a matter for further investigation and we have to wait.
Car Attack on German Christmas Market
sources
- 1.France 24
- 2.The New York Times
- 3.ABC News (Australia)
- 4.CNN
- 5.The Times of India
- 6.Le Monde
- 7.CNA News
- 8.Al Jazeera
- 9.DW News
- 10.The Washington Post
- 11.BBC
- 12.CTV News
perspectives
- 1.Islamic Terrorism
- 2.German Foreign Policy
- 3.Crimes
- 4.Immigration to Europe
- 5.Rise of Far-Right in Europe
- 6.Scholz Coalition in Germany
- 7.Terrorist Attacks in Europe
- 8.Terrorism
countries
- 1.United Arab Emirates
- 2.Afghanistan
- 3.Austria
- 4.Canada
- 5.Germany
- 6.Spain
- 7.France
- 8.United Kingdom
- 9.Hungary
- 10.Iraq
- 11.Italy
- 12.Netherlands
organizations
- 1.Alternative for Germany
- 2.BMW
- 3.Bayern Munich
- 4.Taliban
- 5.Christian Democratic Union
- 6.Office of the Federal Prosecutor
- 7.Atheist Refugee Relief
- 8.Bundestag
- 9.German Football League
- 10.King's College London
- 11.Twitter/X
- 12.BND
persons
- 1.Taleb Al-Abdulmohsen
- 2.Olaf Scholz
- 3.Nancy Faeser
- 4.Reiner Haseloff
- 5.Thorsten Fleiss
- 6.Tamara Zieschang
- 7.Angela Merkel
- 8.Elon Musk
- 9.Heiko Rebsch
- 10.Peter Neumann
- 11.Alice Weidel
- 12.Peter Tschentscher