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At least two people were killed and more than 60 injured after a car drove at high speed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg, German officials said on December 20.

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[-] SwordInStone@lemmy.world -4 points 17 hours ago
[-] Firebirdie713@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 14 hours ago

No, a bigot who followed Afd, Elon Musk, and other racists and spouted a bunch of Islamophobic BS on Twitter and other social media, according to all reliable reporting.

[-] Akrenion@slrpnk.net 2 points 8 hours ago

Hate to ask but can you give me a source? I want to be able to point to something when they start hating on nationality.

[-] Firebirdie713@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 hour ago

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/21/europe/suspect-germany-christmas-market-attack/index.html

Relevant part of the article: "In a now deleted feed on X apparently belonging to Taleb A., he made anti-Islam statements and self-identified as a Saudi dissident. He spoke openly about renouncing his Islamic faith, expressed sympathy for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and accused Germany of promoting the Islamization of the country."

[-] SwordInStone@lemmy.world 0 points 8 hours ago

thanks for clarifying

[-] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online -2 points 10 hours ago

Hope it won't impede my visa application

[-] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 3 points 10 hours ago

Yes, let's make this about you. Fire away

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