The suspect in the Magdeburg terror attack is understood to be a migrant from Saudi Arabia by the name of Taleb Al-Abdulmohsen.
According to the German state broadcaster DW, at least two people have been confirmed dead, and up to 60 more are reported injured after a car rammed into a Christmas market in the city of Magdeburg.
While details about the killer’s identity are still being investigated, Taleb Al-Abdulmohsen was reportedly granted asylum in Germany in 2016 after fleeing from his native Saudi Arabia because he longer believed in Islam.
In an interview with the BBC back in 2019, Taleb explained how he had set up a website to help people flee Gulf states such as Saudi Arabia and move to Germany.
“Hi, my name’s Taleb,” he said in the video currently circulating across social media. “I’m from Saudi Arabia. I’m an activist. I created a website to help people seeking asylum, especially from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region.”
BREAKING: Saudi-Arabian terrorist Taleb Al-Abdulmohsen appeared on the BBC in 2019. He’s an activist who brings migrants into Germany.
The BBC are sickening. pic.twitter.com/EByCNtFVny
— Inevitable West (@Inevitablewest) December 21, 2024
The BBC reported at the time:
Taleb Al-Abdulmohsen lives in Germany now – but there was once a time where he lived and worked in Saudi Arabia, and was incapable of safely expressing his atheism.
After successfully seeking asylum in Germany, he decided to set up the website wearesaudis.net to create an information resource for others to do the same.
It’s now a go-to resource for people all over the Arab region – but why are most of the people that approach Taleb for help women?
We spoke to an Emirati woman – we’re calling her Dina to protect her identity – about how she used Taleb’s site and the ex-Muslim online network to escape.
Given Al-Abdulmohsen’s apparent disdain for Islam, it is unclear exactly what his motivations were in carrying out such a heinous crime.
There is speculation that he may have suffered from mental illness, after uncovered social media posts showed him including the blaming the German governemnt for the “killing of Socrates” as well as leading a political persecution against him.
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— Taleb Al Abdulmohsen (@DrTalebJawad) December 20, 2024
Questions also remain about his political identity. While he sometimes praised figures such as Elon Musk and the anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson, German newspaper Der Spiegel says he identified as a leftist.
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