Germany Magdeburg Christmas market driver Taleb A. identified as anti-Islam activist

The Saudi doctor arrested over the depraved and deadly car attack at a Christmas market in Germany has reportedly been identified as an anti-Islam activist.

According to a report in the Guardian, the man – Taleb A., fled to Germany as a Saudi Arabian refugee in 2006 and gained official refugee status in 2016.

The 50-year-old left his homeland because of the Islamic government and settled in Bernburg, where he worked as a doctor and psychotherapist after receiving his permanent status, the Wall Street Journal reported.

He was known in the Saudi community in Germany as an anti-Islam and women’s rights activist and ran a website and social media channels dedicated to these causes, the Journal reports.

On his website, he warned potential refugees to avoid Germany because, in his opinion, the government tolerated radical Islam.

The man also posted pro-Israel content after the Oct. 7 terrorist attack and was a supporter of Germany’s right-wing anti-immigration AfD party, the newspaper reported.

In social media posts days before the attack, the suspect criticized the German government, claiming it was promoting the Islamization of the European nation, and authorities allegedly censored him because of his views, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Taleb A. is accused of speeding his car through a crowded Christmas market in Magdeburg, injuring dozens and killing at least two, including a small child, in what authorities are calling a suspected terrorist attack.

Police operations continue in Magdeburg and Bernburg, where the suspect lives, reports The Guardian.

The attack came a day after the anniversary of the 2016 Berlin Christmas market attack, in which 12 people were killed and 56 injured in the deadliest terror attack in German history.