German Christmas Market Attack: Suspect Linked to Far-Right, Authorities Received Tips

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A Saudi doctor, identified as Taleb A., attacked a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, killing five people. Authorities received tips about the suspect last year but say the information was unspecific. The suspect, a former Muslim, expressed support for the far-right AfD party and made critical statements about Islam. He is currently in custody.

German authorities said they received tipoffs last year about the suspect in a car attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg as more details emerged on Sunday about the five people killed.Authorities have identified the suspect as a Saudi doctor who arrived in Germany in 2006 and had received permanent residency. Police haven’t publicly named the suspect, in line with privacy rules, but some German news outlets have identified him as Taleb A.

The Central Council of Ex-Muslims said in a statement that the suspect had “terrorized” them for years as it expressed shock at the attack.“He apparently shared beliefs from the far-right spectrum of the AfD and believed in a large-scale conspiracy aimed at Islamizing Germany. His delusional ideas went so far that he assumed that even organizations critical of Islamism were part of the Islamist conspiracy,” said the statement.

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