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Summary
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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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.
I assumed he was an incel.
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.
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.
Or ever even hear the truth.
Just awful and tragic. All those families =(
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.
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.
ETA - estimated time of arrival?
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.
The attacker is a doctor from a nearby city (Bernburg) living in Germany since 2006.
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.
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Hmm…what religion was the murderer? Catholicism? Christianity? The cult of Elon Musk?
According to research by RTL/ntv, the suspect clearly made anti-Muslim comments on social media. Recently, his posts, of which he makes numerous every day, have sounded increasingly angry. He fears an Islamization of Germany and shares content from right-wing ideological accounts, including AfD leader Alice Weidel and X owner Elon Musk.
From another article about this crime (German source) linked in another comment.
"Man drives into crowd. We are unable to confirm if he’s Muslim. (But he does look like it, doesn’t he?).
Hmm
I think Germany is having issues.
[The killer in this article] fears an Islamization of Germany and shares content from right-wing ideological accounts, including AfD leader Alice Weidel and X owner Elon Musk.
Translated by Google from a German article linked in another comment.
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You’re right, Taleb A. from Saudi Arabia sounds like your regular run of the mill European cultural christian…
I just think it’s neat that when they’re brown they’re consistently matched with their religion, but only certain people will associate white nationalists and Nazis with Christianity.
Because Nazis don’t do this shit in the name of religion, that’s where the difference lies
Which religion’s name was this done in?
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I watched 9/11 happen as a kid which made an impression on me, I understand why some Germans are succumbing to this thinking… it’s wrong, it’s understandable, it’s a bad sign.
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Lol, nice try. First you say 99% to pretend you’re not wrong. But now you let it slip that you think it’s every single time – which is false. And you can’t equate the two.
From a German article translated by Google linked in another comment…
[the killer in this article] fears an Islamization of Germany and shares content from right-wing ideological accounts, including AfD leader Alice Weidel and X owner Elon Musk.
Kinda sounds like you might be on the same team as this murder.
How is it wrong?
Do you have any stats to back it up?
Oh?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_vehicle-ramming_attacks
Doesn’t seem like 99% to me. But I’m not mathematologist.
This part of the 1% seems to be the opposite:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_London,_Ontario_truck_attack
