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At Least 2 Killed In Car Ramming At German Christmas Market (www.rferl.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Joker@sh.itjust.works to c/world@quokk.au

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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 -5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

religion of peace moment?

[–] Firebirdie713@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 4 points 1 year 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 1 points 1 year ago

thanks for clarifying

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hope it won't impede my visa application