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Christmas market suspect could have been ‘dissatisfied with therapy of Saudi refugees in Germany’: Here is what we all know

By Editorial Board Published December 21, 2024 4 Min Read
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Christmas market suspect could have been ‘dissatisfied with therapy of Saudi refugees in Germany’: Here is what we all know

The suspect within the assault on the Christmas market in Magdeburg gave the impression to be dissatisfied with the therapy of Saudi refugees in Germany, a prosecutor has mentioned.

On Friday night, a automobile was pushed at pace into visiting crowds within the central German metropolis.

5 folks have died to date – together with a nine-year-old youngster and 4 adults – with at the least 200 extra injured, in line with authorities. Of these injured, 41 are mentioned to be significantly damage.

The suspect – who was arrested on the scene – was a 50-year-old Saudi citizen who labored as a health care provider and arrived in Germany in 2006, premier of Saxony-Anhalt state Reiner Haseloff mentioned.

He has been named as Taleb A in German media.

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He added that officers arrested the suspect three minutes after the primary emergency calls had been produced from the market.

Prosecutor Horst Walter Nopens mentioned the motive behind the assault gave the impression to be “dissatisfaction with the treatment of refugees from Saudi Arabia and how they are being treated in Germany”.

German inside minister Nancy Faeser has mentioned the suspect was Islamophobic.

The suspect has described himself as an “ex-Muslim” who sought asylum after receiving dying threats for denouncing his religion.

His social media pages, which he posted on within the hours main as much as the assault, promote anti-Islam views – and declare Germany is permitting the “Islamisation of Europe”.

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The suspect, who says he works as a psychiatrist at a authorities hospital, has appeared in numerous media stories about his efforts to assist different former Muslims flee Saudi Arabia and different Gulf nations.

Tamara Zieschang, the state’s inside minister, advised reporters the suspect had been practising medication in Bernburg, round 25 miles south of Magdeburg.

He has a web site that he advised the BBC in 2019 has helped “hundreds of people” search asylum abroad.

The homepage reads: “My advice: do not seek asylum in Germany.”

In movies with voiceovers in English, he claims he’s being pursued by German police, who “sent someone carrying a knife to steal a USB stick from my mailbox”.

Special police forces attend an incident at the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, Friday Dec. 20, 2024. (Heiko Rebsch/dpa via AP)

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One other tweet criticises a commentator for saying X proprietor Elon Musk and far-right activist Tommy Robinson ought to be arrested.

He claims they “cited Germany as a shining example of media censorship”, and provides: “My experience in Germany leaves no doubt – they actually censor victims.”

German terrorist skilled Professor Peter Neumann described the suspect’s profile as uncommon.

He says he “loves the AfD [Alternative for Germany] and wants to punish Germany for tolerance towards Islamists”, the director of King’s School London’s Worldwide Centre for the Research of Radicalisation wrote on X.

Professor Neumann mentioned: “After 25 years in this ‘business’ you think nothing could surprise you anymore… that really wasn’t on my radar.”

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