Taleb A. (50), doctor originally from of Saudi Arabia, on Friday around 19 p.m. he drove his car into the Christmas market in Magdeburg, in the mass of people.
He allegedly trampled people for a full 400 meters, killing two - one child and one adult. There are about sixty injured people, fifteen of whom are in a serious condition, so it is not excluded that the black balance will increase. writes DW.
The perpetrator was then arrested, and the black BMW, the car he rented, was left half-broken in the city center.
Photo: Heiko Rebsch/dpa via APVashar where the attack took place
"It will take us a long time to come to terms with this," Magdeburg mayor Simone Boris told reporters in tears.
On Saturday, Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Interior Minister Nancy Feser are coming to the city.
Strange attitudes of the perpetrator
The police believe that A. acted alone.
Although officials speak of an "attack", the motives are difficult to conclude. A. came to Germany for the first time in 2006, and later allegedly received asylum.
Photo: Heiko Rebsch/dpa via APEmergency services at the scene of the terrorist attack in Magdeburg
He worked as a doctor in the field of psychiatry in the town of Bernburg, not far from Magdeburg.
The first researches of the media give a strange picture of this man. He is said to have worked as an activist helping women from Saudi Arabia obtain asylum in Germany.
On the X platform, he sympathized with some of the views of the right-wing Alternative for Germany and was very critical of Islam.
Photo: Tanjug / Heiko Rebsch/dpa via APTragedy in Magdeburg
Remembering Berlin
The attack happened almost on the anniversary of the first similar one - the one from 2016 in Berlin's Breitscheidplatz. Then an Islamist terrorist drove a truck into the Christmas market, killing 12 people on the spot, while one died as a result five years later.
Since then, security measures have been increased at Christmas markets, a favorite place for Germans during Advent.
