Magdeburg Christmas market: What is known about the alleged perpetrator in Magdeburg

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A 50-year-old man from Saudi Arabia was arrested after a suspected attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg. The man, who worked as a doctor in Bernburg, has a permanent residence permit and was not previously known to the security authorities as an extremist. According to media reports, it is the Islamophobic activist Taleb A., who in the past spread Islamophobic conspiracy stories and called for the death penalty for Angela Merkel. A. is also said to have been the founder of a network that helped Saudi women escape the stricter gender order in Saudi Arabia. The police have not yet released the name of the suspect or commented on his suspected motive.

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