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A car ploughed into a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, killing at least two people, including a child, and injuring 68 others, 15 critically, in what authorities are treating as a terror attack.

The suspect, identified as Taleb A., a Saudi Arabian psychiatrist living in Germany since 2006, was arrested at the scene. He allegedly drove a rented BMW through the crowded market, targeting families and children.

The attack raised concerns about security at Christmas markets despite preventive measures like bollards. German and French leaders expressed shock and condolences.

This incident follows heightened vigilance since a 2016 truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market that killed 13 people.

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

Since the article does not mention it at all, the person in question was following and sharing racist rhetoric online - posts from AfD and Elon Musk, for example. He feared an "Islamization" of Germany and seemed to be very angry about it.

It is an important observation to report on, especially because people would assume him to be a racial stereotype that he is not. It is also responsible to include the details given that so much about him has already been shared online.

Source: Nach Recherchen von RTL/ntv äußert sich der Tatverdächtige in Sozialen Medien eindeutig antimuslimisch. Zuletzt klingen seine Postings, von denen er zahlreiche jeden Tag absetzt, immer wütender. Er befürchtet eine Islamisierung Deutschlands und teilt unter anderem Inhalte von rechtsideologischen Accounts – darunter AfD-Chefin Alice Weidel und X-Besitzer Elon Musk.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

I assumed he was an incel.

[–] poplargrove 3 points 2 hours ago

It does:

Some German media pointed to the suspect’s past social media posts in which he reportedly expressed views critical of Islam and had even warned of the “dangers” of an Islamisation of Germany.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

A lot of commenters are going to be really embarrassed after what they wrote.

Or, well, they should be, if they have any dignity or decency.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Or ever even hear the truth.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver 28 points 11 hours ago

Just awful and tragic. All those families =(

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

There were already three attempts(Flensburg, Augsburg, Frankfurt) earlier this year.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

This is really bad. The driver is from Saudi Arabia. AfD was already leading for the upcoming election, and now it's going to be a sweep. Fascism is back in control of Germany and this time America has already fallen. Get ready for interesting times.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (2 children)

And the worst part is: The murderer achieves every goal they sought to.

Assuming an islamist motive, which is highly likely based on past attacks, there will be a significant increase in anti-Muslim discrimination. And islamists despise nothing more than Muslims successfully integrating into another society. After all, which cult does NOT prey upon vulnerable people and who is more vulnerable than someone experiencing constant discrimination?

ETA:

Turns out an islamist motive is highly unlikely, after other commenters pointed to an article that found the murderer shared anti-Muslim, far-right content online. Despite the tragedy, I'm genuinely relieved. This could've had devastating effects on the upcoming election.

[–] mutant_zz 4 points 3 hours ago

Unfortunately, AfD and Musk won't hesitate to paint this as an islamist attack. They'll just claim the X posts are fake if necessary.

It may even have been the attackers' goal.

[–] 5gruel 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

ETA - estimated time of arrival?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 33 minutes ago

ETA can also mean “edited to add” when you update your comment to add more to it

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 hours ago

The attacker is a doctor from a nearby city (Bernburg) living in Germany since 2006.

[–] FourPacketsOfPeanuts 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Library democracy wrings its hands and lets extremist ideologies fester, both through being too weak and placating to act at home and to weak to rein in abuses against Muslim nations abroad. The result is fascism in one form or another is elected to cut out the cancer. Sadly this is often done by cutting deep into the moderate communities tangentially related to terrorist extremists. Ugly the whole thing.