PUZZLED BY MOTIVE
Police have been nonetheless puzzling over why the driving force smashed a rented SUV at excessive pace by way of the group of revellers, bringing loss of life and chaos to the festive occasion.
Abdulmohsen had in his many on-line posts voiced strongly anti-Islam views, anger at German authorities and support for far-right conspiracy narratives on the “Islamisation” of Europe.
Die Welt day by day, citing unnamed safety sources, reported that Abdulmohsen had been handled for a psychological sickness up to now, however this has not been confirmed by authorities.
The Saudi suspect has been remanded in custody in a top-security facility on 5 counts of homicide and 205 of tried homicide, prosecutors stated, however not to date on terrorism-related expenses.
Even because the attacker’s motive remained unclear, the assault has moved the flashpoint problems with safety and immigration again to the centre of German politics forward of the Feb 23 elections.
The mass-circulation Bild Each day wrote that “though the background to the horrible assault in Magdeburg has not but been clarified, it’s already clear: there will likely be a ‘earlier than’ and an ‘after’ on this election marketing campaign”.
