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[Jinzo Prime]

An awful situation tonight in Germany.

Saudi Arabia says it repeatedly warned the German government about the extremist views of the man who drove a car into a Christmas market killing at least five people, including a nine-year-old, and injuring hundreds more.

Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, a 50-year-old doctor who arrived in Germany in 2006 from the Middle Eastern country, is suspected of ploughing a vehicle into crowds of festive shoppers on Friday evening in Magdeburg, a city 80 miles west of Berlin.

More than 200 people were taken to 15 hospitals with 41 said to be seriously injured, many in intensive care. It is feared the death toll could continue to rise.

Abdulmohsen, who described himself as an ex-Muslim, was a vocal supporter of the AfD, shared dozens of posts online criticising Islam and accused the German authorities of failing to combat the “Islamism of Europe”.

Far-right protests broke out on the streets of Magdeburg on Saturday night with groups holding “Remigration now!” signs, a movement that promotes the return of immigrants from Europe. Some people wore symbols associated with neopaganism and the far right.

Germany was warned by Saudi Arabia over Christmas market killer

Child aged nine among five dead as a political crisis rages for Olaf Scholz, the chancellor

www.thetimes.com

Saudi doctor who plowed through Christmas market peddled anti-German, anti-Islam rhetoric for years

“I promise you that justice will come even if I die for it.. and most likely I will actually die for it this year,” Taleb al-Abdulmohsen posted on X in May.

nypost.com

 

[David Ricardo]

 

[Boss Mog]

Yeah the "anti-muslim" does a terror attack on a Christmas market. Sure.

 

[nkarafo]

"Anti islamic"

 

[Kacho]

 

[Aces High]

The threat was known. That's why we didn't visit a Christmas market this year.

It's crazy what happened to Germany in the past 10 years. It's a shitshow.

We're witnessing the worst German government since WW2.

 

[Aces High]

Yeah the "anti-muslim" does a terror attack on a Christmas market. Sure.

It's ridiculous.

Attacker was a known terrorist from Saudi Arabia. Saudi government warned Germany to not give this man refuge as he is highly dangerous. Germany grants refuge anyway. The terrorist kills native Germans on a Christian festival.

Media and government: This is the fault of the far right and Elon Musk.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

I did find it stange how the party he claims to like wants him deported. It's also strange how a supposed 'anti Islamist' attacks a Christmas market, but hey, I'm just posting the news.

 

[FunkMiller]

His X account is still up.

He's pretty clearly a right-wing nutjob.



Cunts on all sides, lads.

 

[Jinxed]

 

[JimmyRustler]

Yeah the "anti-muslim" does a terror attack on a Christmas market. Sure.

Reporting sure is getting wild now.

 

[Boss Mog]

The threat was known. That's why we didn't visit a Christmas market this year.

It's crazy what happened to Germany in the past 10 years. It's a shitshow.

We're witnessing the worst German government since WW2.

It's great to see fake news get community noted.

 

[Aces High]

Reporting sure is getting wild now.

We have elections in February 2025. Everyone is in full campaign mode.

Edit:

To add more context:

This happened Friday 20th in Magdeburg, which is a city in former communist GDR (East Germany). People living there experienced communism first-hand. These regions are politically dominated by conservative parties, especially AFD.

In 2013, the terrorist was sentenced by a German court to 90 daily fines of ten euros each for threatening to commit crimes. However, during the subsequent asylum process, this conviction did not lead to the rejection of his application. Previously, it had been stated that A. was not known to German security authorities before the incident. This statement was false.

 

[Boss Mog]

His X account is still up.

He's pretty clearly a right-wing nutjob.



Cunts on all sides, lads.

Do you ever get tired of being a clown?

 

[FunkMiller]

Do you ever get tired of being a clown?

Awww... does the nasty X account not agree with what you want to think about this? A cunt who drives a car into a market full of innocent people is a cunt whatever politics he may or may not have had.

The glee some people take when they think they can score some sort of political point off of shit like this is nauseating.

 

[Pegasus Actual]

OP have you been watching the mods' sleep schedules waiting for your chance to strike?

 

[Jinzo Prime]

OP have you been watching the mods' sleep schedules waiting for your chance to strike?

I actually didn't mean for this to be about politics, I consider it news.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

I actually didn't mean for this to be about politics, I consider it news.

Unfortunately with the state of the world today, something like this is inherently political

The mods haven't done anything about this thread tho so you might be getting away with it

 

[Boss Mog]

Awww... does the nasty X account not agree with what you want to think about this? A cunt who drives a car into a market full of innocent people is a cunt whatever politics he may or may not have had.

The glee some people take when they think they can score some sort of political point off of shit like this is nauseating.

Nevermind you're not a clown, you're mentally ill, I get it now.

 

[Kamina]

Spent some time on background research of this guy yesterday. The whole narrative he tried to spin makes no sense. He is very likely a radical islamist.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

A guy ramming his car through a Christmas crowd is all you need to know what side of the political spectrum he’s likely on.

 

[thefool]

He could identify as a car for all I care.
There is only one solution for the problem: mass deportation.

 

[Doczu]

So he was anti islam. And anti german government. And somehow he decided the best course of action is going postal on a Christmas market.

That'll show them radical islamists and politicians what i think about them!

Not buying it.

 

[FunkMiller]

So he was anti islam. And anti german government. And somehow he decided the best course of action is going postal on a Christmas market.

That'll show them radical islamists and politicians what i think about them!

Not buying it.

He was a fucking loon. No further thought needed. His social media is full of right wing bullshit. The fact that some find this disappointing/frustrating is a little fucked up.

As I say, lunatics exist on every wing of the discussion. Best to treat them all with the same contempt.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I never tried reading more into it. But in news they said the strip he rammed people actually had tons of barriers to prevent that.

But the newscasters said there must had been a gap he could get through.

The barriers looked like big blocks too which definitely don’t look like he could plow over.

But that made it worse because the news people said that meant people couldn’t really disperse easy as they were crammed between the barriers and kiosks.

 

[Zathalus]

So he was anti islam. And anti german government. And somehow he decided the best course of action is going postal on a Christmas market.

That'll show them radical islamists and politicians what i think about them!

Not buying it.

People with mental issues don’t often make the most sane decisions. As multiple terrorist or mass attackers across the world demonstrate.

 

[Mistake]

He was a fucking loon. No further thought needed. His social media is full of right wing bullshit. The fact that some find this disappointing/frustrating is a little fucked up.

As I say, lunatics exist on every wing of the discussion. Best to treat them all with the same contempt.

Well I can't imagine anyone sane doing this, so further thought is needed, like "how did this happen?" He was let in despite all the warnings, and now one side is justified. Good luck to you guys in Germany, and rip to the victims

 

[Roufianos]

Not a chance he's anti-islam.

But even if he is, last thing we need our Arabs who aren't even radical Muslims now doing terrorist attacks. This isn't the victory the left thinks it is.

Western Europe is ruined, I need to move to the US.

 

[HoodWinked]

 

[kruis]

The German police had been warned a year ago that this man wanted to kill dozens of Germans. Nothing was done. This is going to be a huge scandal.

 

[Aces High]

Just so you guys get a picture of what's going on here in Germany.

This was a Christmas market in the city of Essen a couple of days ago:



These are not resident muslims. These are refugees. They show no respect whatsoever for the people who sacrifice their individual wealth so others can live a life in peace.

 

[sono]

This is the fault of the far right and Elon Musk.

As a matter of interest-why Musk? Did he advise the German gov to give this extremist asylum?