Attack on Christmas market
Death trip in Magdeburg: Suspect is critic of Islam
The suspect comes from the Islamic kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He rejects Islam. As an ex-Muslim, he settled permanently in Germany.
The man from Saudi Arabia who was arrested after the attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg is known as an activist critical of Islam. According to information from the German Press Agency, the 50-year-old doctor, who has lived in Germany since 2006, describes himself as an ex-Muslim.
He recently made some confusingly worded allegations against German authorities in social media and interviews. Among other things, he accused them of not doing enough to combat Islamism. After going public years ago with his support for Saudi women fleeing their homeland, he later wrote on his website in English and Arabic: “My advice: Don’t ask for asylum in Germany.”
A car drove into a group of people at a Christmas market in the state capital of Saxony-Anhalt early on Friday evening. According to Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff (CDU), two people died. More than 60 people were injured.
dpa
Source: Stern
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