CAIRO (AP) — 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
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