Dark BMW reportedly drove into crowd in eastern German town of Magdeburg in what is being described as a terror attack

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.worldEnglish
    1639·
    3 days ago

    "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.

    • otp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      38·
      3 days ago

      [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.

      • mhague@lemmy.worldEnglish
        354·
        3 days ago

        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.

          • ayyy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            31·
            2 days ago

            The same reporters that are happy to label this guy as Muslim absolutely do not call crusaders what they are.

        • Miaou@jlai.luEnglish
          322·
          3 days ago

          Because Nazis don’t do this shit in the name of religion, that’s where the difference lies

            • Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish
              2·
              2 days ago

              As current information indicates radical hate of all religions and insane claims of German police furthering the “islamization” of Germany.

              Going by the stuff the suspect wrote on his twitter it seems stochastic terrorism from the far right worked once again. Just that this time the victims aren’t brown, queer or jewish, but “normal” (by the far rights idea) Germans.