Germany in shock. Friday, December 20, a black SUV drove into the crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, causing at least two dead, an adult and a child, and nearly 70 injuredincluding fifteen seriously.
Taleb A., 50-year-old doctor from Saudi Arabiawas arrested after this alleged attack a few hours after the tragedy. Arriving in Germany in 2006 and having refugee status, he worked in the region of Saxony-Anhalt, of which Magdeburg, 160 kilometers from Berlin, is the regional capital.
The man was not not known to the police as an Islamist and “acted alone”indicated Reiner Haseloff, the head of the regional government. At present, his motivations “remain mysterious”, judged the weekly The mirror. “An Islamist background seems excluded.”
On the contrary, according to several German media, Taleb A. relayed, on his social networks, opinions denouncing the dangers of Islamization. According to The mirrorhe shared conspiratorial ideologies and relayed, among others, the opinions of Elon Musk. The latter expresses more and more openly his sympathy for far-right parties.
Proximity to the AfD
His numerous positions on social networks paint the portrait of an man feeling persecuted, having broken with Islam and denouncing the “dangers” of an Islamization of Germany.
Like The mirrorseveral German media demonstrate his connections with the German extreme right and would support the party Alternative for Germany (AfD, Alternative for Germany), the far-right party. “Who else is fighting Islam in Germany,” he responded to an Internet user asking him the reason for his proximity to the AfD.
“Germany must protect its borders against illegal immigration. It turned out that the open border policy was a plan to [Angela] Merkel to Islamize Europe,” he wrote.
The German media also reveals that Taleb A. has long advised women from Saudi Arabia on their possibilities of fleeing the country. To do this, he ran a website relaying information on the German asylum system.
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