Yesterday, a car crushed hundreds of people at the Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg. In this case, the suspected driver hailing from Saudi Arabia was arrested. German authorities were initially considering it a suspicious attack, but later it was revealed that the attacker was an Islamophobic, that is, he is among the opponents of Islam.
It is noteworthy that the attacker is a doctor by profession, whose video of crushing people in the Christmas market surfaced on social media. It can be seen in the video how he ran away from the crowd, crushing people. It is being told that so far five people have been confirmed dead in this accident, and more or less 200 people have been injured.
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The attacker had shifted from Saudi to Germany
The suspected attacker is a 50-year-old Saudi Arabian national who is living in Germany with permanent residential status. Meaning that he has been living here for almost two decades after the approval of the German government. The name of the suspect has not been disclosed, but his handles on social media testify to his being anti-Islam. In the German media he is being called Taleb A.
Initial investigation revealed that since March 2020, he was working as a psychiatrist at the Specialized Rehabilitation Center for drug addicts. However, from October 2024 he was not going to the center due to holidays and illness. He lived in a three-storey apartment block near the center of Bernburg, a city of 30,000 in the south of Magdeburg.
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Possible motive of the attacker
German authorities had initially said that the man was not an Islamist. Interior Minister Nancy Feser declined to comment on the attacker’s motive, or whether he had any political connections, but said his Islamophobia was obvious. Is.
“There is nothing good in Islam” the attacker said in the interview
A 2019 interview of Talib A has also surfaced, in which it was seen that he was describing himself as an activist who helps people fleeing Saudi Arabia in Germany. For example, the person supports those who turned their backs on Islam to flee to Europe.
In a BBC documentary in July 2019, the man talks about founding the wearesaudis.net platform after becoming an atheist and claiming asylum in Germany. In these interviews he is a severe critic of Islam. He said in an interview in Germany that “there is nothing good in Islam.”
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