The alleged perpetrator, presented in the German media as Taleb A., was arrested on board the ram car. Aged 50, and of Saudi nationality, he has been living in Germany since 2006.
A doctor practicing in the commune of Bernburg, close to Magdeburg and with refugee status, he was not at all known for his sympathies with the jihadist movement.
On the contrary, his frequent positions on social networks paint the portrait of a man feeling persecuted, having broken with Islam and denouncing the “dangers” of an Islamization of Germany.
He was known in the Saudi emigrant community in Germany and helped asylum seekers, especially women.
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