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.

  • mhague@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    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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        6 days ago

        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.