Who is arrested for the mass attack at a Christmas market in Germany

The alleged perpetrator of the massive accident in the christmas market from the German city of Magdeburg was identified as a psychiatrist and activist of nationality Saudi critic Islam and who defines himself as “ex-Muslim.” The detainee is accused of the death of at least five people in the christmas marketin addition to causing around 200 injuries (41 in serious condition).

Born in Saudi Arabia – identified according to research so far as Taleb A in social networks– He has lived in Germany since 2006 – when he began specialized medical training – and was arrested shortly after the incident. According to the Police, all the details of the crime are not yet known, but they understand that it was a lone perpetrator. Several unknowns remain to be clarified, especially the suspect’s motives. ““We are considering everything,” a spokeswoman for the force said this Saturday morning.

In recent years, the man singled out by German newspapers accused the former chancellor Angela Merkel having promoted the “Islamization of Europe.” The then-German leader from 2005 to 2021 gave asylum to around 1.1 million refugees fleeing the Syrian civil war and other conflicts as several European countries tightened their migration policies.

On social media, the suspect recently launched accusations against the German authorities, some of them formulated in a confusing manner. He singled them out for not doing enough to combat Islamism. The man targeted by the media asked in his X account for a life sentence for Merkel, although as a supporter of the reactivation of the death penalty in Germany, he said it would be better if he were there. “She deserves to be killed,” said the man before the attack in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt.

He also remembered the terrorist Anders Behring Breivik, the Islamophobic conspiracy theorist who killed 77 people in Norway in 2011.

With 45,000 followers on X, he follows accounts of people who turned away from Islam and converted to Christianity, as well as avowed atheists. His profile on Elon Musk’s social network is still open and among his followers are several well-known officials from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AFD) and members of its youth organization Junge Alternative, more radical than the party.

According to the media image, In 2016 he published in a post: “The AFD and I fight the same enemy to protect Germany.” In August, the Saudi doctor wrote: “I assure you, If Germany wants war, we will have it. If Germany wants to kill us, we will slaughter them, die or go to jail with pride. As we have exhausted all peaceful means, we have only found more crimes by the police, state security, the prosecution, the judiciary and the Ministry of the Interior. Peace is of no use to them.”

As an activist, she advised Saudi Arabian women for years about options for escaping their country and ran a website with information about the German asylum system, the report said. half Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. During those years he wrote on his website in English and Arabic: “My advice is not to ask for asylum in Germany.” In 2019 he gave an interview to that newspaper in his role as escape assistant and described himself as the “most aggressive critic of Islam in history.”

“My family hates me simply because I can’t believe that a thief should have his hand cut off,” He revealed at that time about his rejection of the laws of his native country. Furthermore, he assured that they would arrest him if he returned to Saudi Arabia and that for that reason he requested asylum in 2016; I had been working in Germany for 10 years.

On the other hand, the psychiatrist gave an interview to the bbc in 2019. “If I can, I spend 10 to 16 hours a day helping asylum seekers for women who want to escape from Saudi Arabia or nearby countries,” the man indicated while showing his website.

The government of Saudi Arabia stated this Saturday that it had warned Germany about the alleged perpetrator of the mass attack at the Christmas market. The kingdom had requested the extradition of the now detained, according to what Saudi security sources reported to DPAto which Germany did not respond.

The man would be a native of the city of Al Hofuf, in the east of the Middle Eastern country, and it would be do it. According to the kingdom’s versions, A warning about the man was issued to German authorities about a year ago.