Summary
The suspect in the deadly Christmas market car attack in Magdeburg, Germany, has been identified as Taleb A., a 50-year-old Saudi doctor and ex-Muslim who voiced Islamophobic views and supported the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
The attack killed five people and injured 200.
Authorities believe Taleb was motivated by anti-Islam sentiment, criticizing German tolerance toward Islamists and claiming the government targets Saudi asylum seekers.
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser confirmed his Islamophobia but said further investigation is ongoing.
Taleb has also faced prior legal disputes over defamation.
Apparently he was wanted in Saudi (for actual violent crimes, not the benign stuff people usually get in trouble for like apostasy and drinking alcohol), and Germany denied extradition. So now he attacked the country that actually protected him. If they actually acted like he wanted immigration wise he would’ve been sent back.
Look, I try to not say this, so as to not sound like making excuses for non-islamic terrorists, but this guy sounds really mentally unwell…
That’s basically the case for all of these guys, there’s always a mental health element to this.
I disagree I’m afraid. I don’t think Anders Breivik was mentally ill, he was just wrong. Like Osama bin Laden, thinking quite clearly, but wrong.