Monday, December 23, 2024 - Far-right protesters in Germany called for mass deportations on Saturday night, Dec. 21, amid outrage over a recent attack.
Five people were killed and several dozen more were injured earlier this
week after a car ploughed into a busy Christmas market.
The suspect, a doctor from Saudi Arabia, identified as Taleb
al-Abdulmohsen, remains in custody over multiple charges of murder.
Police told Reuters that there were scuffles and some "minor
disturbances" on Saturday night as approximately 2,100 people joined a
protest in Magdeburg.
The protesters, some of whom wore black balaclavas, held up large
banners with the phrase "Reimigration Now" and brandished
"homeland flags" to underscore their point.
The term is popular with supporters of the far right who seek the mass
deportation of immigrants and people deemed not ethnically German.
German tabloid Bild noted that the protesters had marched through
Magdeburg shouting that "anyone who doesn't love Germany should
leave" the country. They also insisted that 'migration kills" and
stressed the need to "take back our cities, our villages and our
homeland".
The suspect is a 50-year-old psychiatrist from Saudi Arabia with a
history of anti-Islamic rhetoric who has lived in Germany for almost two
decades. The motive for the attack remained unclear.
Authorities said the suspected attacker used emergency exit points to
drive onto the grounds of the Christmas market, where he picked up speed and
ploughed into the crowds, hitting more than 200 people in a three-minute
attack. He was arrested at the scene.
According to a police statement, a magistrate has ordered the suspect
into pretrial custody on charges of murder on five counts as well as multiple
counts of attempted murder and grievous bodily harm. The list of victims
included a nine year old boy as well as four women aged between 45 and 45.
Among the wounded, around 40 had serious or critical injuries.
Watch video of the protest below.
L'Allemagne se réveille après l'attentat et des milliers de personnes demandent l'expulsion immédiate des islamistes du pays pic.twitter.com/P8LBjb59V6
— Réalité Actuelle (@ReaActuelle) December 22, 2024
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