He is not an extreme Islamist - in fact, if you believe his social media posts and broadcast interviews, he appears to be have abandoned the faith and to have turned into an outspoken critic of Islam.
The motive behind the Magdeburg attack is for now unclear, but a picture of the suspect has emerged based on his past and the various interviews he gave.
He was granted asylum in 2016 and ran a website that aimed to help other former Muslims flee persecution in their Gulf homelands.
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said it was "clear to see" the suspect held "Islamophobic" views.
He has also expressed sympathy on social media for Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), known for its anti-immigration stance.
On social media, the suspect portrayed himself as a victim of persecution who had renounced Islam and decried what he said was the Islamisation of Germany.
Posts on the suspect's X account, verified by Reuters, suggested he supported anti-Islam and far-right parties, including the Alternative for Germany (AfD).
He had also criticised Germany for its handling of Saudi refugees.
In an unpublished interview with AFP from 2022 for an unrelated story, al-Abdulmohsen presented himself as "a Saudi atheist", and said that young Saudis were not only fleeing the government but "are fleeing Islam".
Well well well:
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Who is Magdeburg market attack suspect Taleb al-Abdulmohsen? What we know
The attack killed five people, including a nine-year-old child, and left more than 200 injured.www.bbc.com
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The 'anti-Islam' Saudi doctor suspected of the Magdeburg Christmas market attack
German media have named the suspect as Taleb Jawad al-Abdulmohsen, a psychiatrist in the town of Bernburg, near Magdeburg.www.abc.net.au
Another one who thinks a few half-hearted Tweets outweighs ploughing a car at 100mph+ through a Christian festival gathering.Well well well:
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Who is Magdeburg market attack suspect Taleb al-Abdulmohsen? What we know
The attack killed five people, including a nine-year-old child, and left more than 200 injured.www.bbc.com
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The 'anti-Islam' Saudi doctor suspected of the Magdeburg Christmas market attack
German media have named the suspect as Taleb Jawad al-Abdulmohsen, a psychiatrist in the town of Bernburg, near Magdeburg.www.abc.net.au
This isn't really the win you want it to be. It just means the problem is bigger than just islam.
Another one who thinks a few half-hearted Tweets outweighs ploughing a car at 100mph+ through a Christian festival gathering.
Not to mention the video of what he shouted whilst being arrested and all his pro-Hamas Tweets that he presumably couldn’t resist posting or didn’t realise which account he was on.
Oh wow, not even going to try to spin this as fake woke news or whatever?
Means far-right are murdering psychos, thats what it means.
A nine-year-old and four others lost their lives. Really not the thread to be trolling on.Reaaaching hard there buddy.
I'm pretty sure it will turn out he recently converted. But even if he didn't, it just means that entire culture is utterly incompatible with western ideals regardless of religion.
A nine-year-old and four others lost their lives. Really not the thread to be trolling on.
Another liberal American who thinks they use dollars in Germany.Yes, because westerners never commit acts of terrorism... nope, never happened, never once.... no sir.
Just shut up already, you low IQ racist dolt.
Yes, because westerners never commit acts of terrorism... nope, never happened, never once.... no sir.
Just shut up already, you low IQ racist dolt.
It’s strange that so many liberal Americans seem to think that Europe has American-style mass shootings/killings.
That’s now the third in less than 24 hours that has said or alluded to it. Is it their medication or is some weird publication pushing this?
lmao
I get the impression that they think the same type of mass killings that happen in America also happen in Europe, just with weapons that aren’t guns.Tbf the reason any kind of handgun is banned in the UK was because of a school shooting.
ah yes, saudi arabia. famously a third world shitholePeople are not longer buying into this kind of gaslighting and fake news.
The terrorist is an immigrant from some muslim third world shithole country (as they are a majority of the time in these cases), nobody cares about your deflections and other irrelevant distractions. We're tired of this shit.
ah yes, saudi arabia. famously a third world shithole
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