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Authorities have not formally named the suspect in the car ramming in the city of Magdeburg that killed at least five people and wounded hundreds, saying only that he is a Saudi doctor who has lived in Germany for nearly two decades and that he acted alone.
Local media say he is 50-year-old Taleb A, a psychiatry and psychotherapy specialist.
He was arrested on site after plowing a black BMW into a Christmas market crowded with holiday shoppers Friday evening.
Taleb’s X account describes him as a former Muslim. It is filled with tweets and retweets focusing on anti-Islam themes and criticism of the religion, while sharing congratulatory notes to Muslims who left the faith.
He was critical of German authorities, saying they had failed to do enough to combat the “Islamism of Europe.”
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