The Islamist track excluded, according to Der Spiegel.
“The motivations remain mysterious, an Islamist background seems excluded,” judges the weekly Der Spiegel.- Political recovery – The German extreme right has nevertheless taken up this matter in the run-up to the German legislative elections anticipated from February 23, where the question of immigration will play an important role, following several attacks committed in recent months by foreigners. “When will this madness end?”, wrote on the X network AfD co-president Alice Weidel, whose party is credited with second place in the polls, at almost 20%.
Olaf Scholz on site today
Olaf Scholz goes there in the morning, with his Minister of the Interior, to try to find out more and provide support to the local population traumatized by this attack which occurred in the middle of the electoral campaign.
What are the attacker's motivations?
Islamist trail? Psychological disorders suffered by the 50-year-old psychiatrist arrested at the scene? Another motivation? “In the current state of the investigation it is not yet possible to categorize what happened on the Christmas market” Friday evening, said the local police.
A suspect arrested: Taleb A., doctor and Saudi refugee
The man who allegedly committed the car-ramming attack which left at least two dead and 68 injured in Magdeburg, Germany, on Friday December 20, is Taleb A., a doctor specializing in psychiatry and psychotherapy. He is a refugee of Saudi origin whose motivations remain mysterious for the moment because he was not known to the police as an Islamist. He even denounced the dangers of Islamization on social networks.
At least two dead and 68 injured
At least two dead and 68 injured were reported after a car hit numerous people at a Christmas market on Friday, December 20, in the German city of Magdeburg, in northern Germany.
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