Magdeburg, Germany—Immediately following an attack on a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg, the far right saw an opportunity. On Friday evening, a rental BMW plowed through a crowded Christmas market, driven by Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, a 50-year-old Saudi national and psychiatrist who has lived in Germany since 2006. Christmas markets are a beloved holiday pastime in Germany, and the one in Magdeburg was filled with families drinking mulled wine and browsing the handcrafted goods as they gathered to celebrate the beginning of the holiday week. As the...

Heartfelt tributes have flooded in following the death of a 9-year-old boy in the recent German Christmas market attack. The young victim, described by his mother as her “little teddy bear,” lost his life, along with four women, when a driver rammed into the festive crowd. The boy, an aspiring firefighter and identified in the media as André Gleißner, was one of the victims of the last Friday’s attack, which left more than 200 individuals injured, with at least 41 in critical condition, as a black BMW SUV plowed 400...

restore all settings to the default values Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Seek to live, currently behind live The man suspected of driving a car through crowds at a German Christmas market is in custody on murder charges, police said Sunday. On Friday, Taleb Al Abdulmohsen, a resident of Germany originally from Saudi Arabia, allegedly rammed a car into a busy holiday market in the German city of Magdeburg. Five people were killed, including a...

The man who rammed a car into the crowd at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg on Friday evening, killing at least five people, has been remanded in custody. The suspect has been identified as a 50-year-old Saudi Arabian psychiatrist who has lived in Germany for more than two decades. While police did not reveal his identity, German media are referring to him as Taleb A. or Taleb al-Abdulmohsen. The motive for the attack, which left more than 200 people injured and killed four women and a...

BERLIN, Dec 22 (Reuters) - A man suspected of driving a car into a German Christmas market in an attack that killed at least five people and injured scores of others faces charges of murder and attempted murder, police said on Sunday, after the man was remanded in custody. Police in the central city of Magdeburg where the attack happened on Friday also reported scuffles at a far-right demonstration attended by around 2,100 people on Saturday night, while other residents took part in sombre remembrance events. The suspect is a...

BERLIN, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Here is what we know so far about the man who was arrested as the suspected driver in a car-ramming attack on Friday at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg in which five people were killed and some 200 injured. The suspect is a 50-year-old from Saudi Arabia with permanent residence status in Germany, where he has been living for almost two decades. The suspect has not been named by authorities. Multiple German media reports refer to him as Taleb A. The...

"The United States extends our deepest condolences to the people of Germany grieving the terrible attack," Biden said in a statement. "No community -- and no family -- should have to endure such a despicable and dark event, especially just days before a holiday of joy and peace." Suspect in deadly Christmas market attack railed against Islam and Germany The Saudi suspect in Germany's deadly car-ramming attack on a Christmas market held strongly anti-Islam views and was angry with Germany's migrant policy, official said Saturday. Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned the...

A plush teddy bear lies between flowers and candles at the official place of mourning in front of St. John's Church in Magdeburg. The previous evening, a driver rammed into a group of people at Magdeburg's Christmas market. Several people were killed and injured in the attack. Matthias Bein/dpa A nine-year-old child is among the five people killed in the car-ramming attack at a Christmas market in the central German city of Magdeburg, prosecutors said during a press conference on Saturday afternoon. The other four victims are adults, said Horst...

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