Germany debates migration and motives after deadly Christmas market attack
Al Jazeera
As the nation mourns the victims of violence in Magdeburg, the far right is rallying against migration.
Magdeburg has been enveloped in grief since an attack that killed a nine-year-old boy and four women at a Christmas market on Friday evening.
About 200 people were also injured when a man rammed a car into the busy market in the eastern German city.
The suspect, Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, a 50-year old Saudi-born psychiatrist who has lived in Germany since 2006, faces accusations of murder and attempted murder.
Political parties across the spectrum have expressed sorrow for the victims and promised to step up security.
In a statement shared with Al Jazeera, Greens party leader Robert Habeck said he wished the city “comfort, strength and confidence”. Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the incident a “terrible and insane” act.
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