Summary

The suspect in the deadly Christmas market car attack in Magdeburg, Germany, has been identified as Taleb A., a 50-year-old Saudi doctor and ex-Muslim who voiced Islamophobic views and supported the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.

The attack killed five people and injured 200.

Authorities believe Taleb was motivated by anti-Islam sentiment, criticizing German tolerance toward Islamists and claiming the government targets Saudi asylum seekers.

German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser confirmed his Islamophobia but said further investigation is ongoing.

Taleb has also faced prior legal disputes over defamation.

  • Suzune@ani.social
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    16 hours ago

    The only explanation would be a false flag, but at the moment, we don’t know much about what happened.

    • apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      Or that prolonged exposure to right wing media rots brains to the point that they make you lose any sense in reality.

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      14 hours ago

      Oh come on. The strangeness of this story makes it credible.

      Being surprised is an opportunity to examine your assumptions, not cosplay as Q.

    • FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world
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      14 hours ago

      It does seem strange a refugee from Saudi would suddenly be so passionately pro German he kills innocent people to… protect them from Islam. I mean… maybe? If it turned out to be a false flag that would also be strange. Weird and tragic either way tbh…