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This is a terrible event, particularly now in the days before Christmas." ... My thoughts are with the victims and their families. We stand by their side and by the side of the people of Magdeburg. My thanks go to the dedicated rescue workers in these anxious hours."
Saxony-Anhalt regional governor Reiner Haseloff said ... German chancellor Olaf Scholz stated
We are in deep mourning, and our hearts and thoughts are with the victims, relatives and helpers. The Christmas market and the world of lights are over."
The market's website now bears a sombre messageThe peaceful space of the Christmas market has been destroyed and crushed. We will not give the perpetrator our hate. Instead, we will stand for peace and unity. The safest space of peace you can protect is your heart."
At the sombre gathering, Friedrich Kramer, Regional Bishop of the Evangelical Church in Central Germany, lamentedMany of our rescue workers have seen things they will never forget. I am confident we can overcome this grief together with our solidarity."
Meanwhile, Lord Mayor Simone Borris expressed her gratitude towards the emergency services for their bravery during the crisis, statingSuddenly there was a rumbling and the sound of shattered glass. People began to panic. I was next to where it happened. For me it was just the sound first. It took a few minutes for first paramedics to arrive, but it wasn't enough because there were already 200 people hurt. Most of the first aid was done by people there."
He shared with the BBCThe accused was accordingly taken to a place of detention,
the short statement concluded
The arraignment judge ordered investigative detention on suspicion of five cases of homicide, multiple cases of attempted homicide and multiple cases of dangerous bodily harm,
police saidWould you blame me if I randomly killed 20 Germans because of what Germany is doing against the Saudis?
In a tweet he said
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He is against Islam, he supports [the Right-wing] AfD party, he is not an Isis supporter, but he did an attack like an Isis terrorist
Peter Neumann, professor of security studies at King's College, London, saidGermany's goal has become clear: to spread Islam in Europe
He tweetedLet my little teddy bear fly around the world again... [my son] hadn't done anything to anyone... he was only with us on Earth for nine years... why you... why?
She saidIs there a path to justice without slaughtering German citizens indiscriminately?”
He then wrote
Christmas is over in Magdeburg.”
One city official said
It could be he was dissatisfied with the way in which Saudi Arabian refugees were dealt with in Magdeburg.”
However, when asked about his motivation, the chief state prosecutor Horst Walter Nopens saidWe didn’t have the perpetrator in our focus.”
Amid questions as to whether the attacker could have been stopped, Nopens addedI assure you that if Germany wants a war, we will fight it, ... If Germany wants to kill us, we will slaughter them, die, or go to prison with pride."
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We can only say with certainty that the perpetrator was obviously Islamophobic,
Germany's Interior Minister Nancy Faeser told reporters on SaturdayGermany — and much of the West — is not only facilitating the Islamization of their societies but is actively persecuting legitimate refugees fleeing Sharia oppression,
he claimed in the interviewThe AfD and I are fighting the same enemy,
he wrote on social mediaMerkel must spend the rest of her life in prison as punishment for her criminal secret project to Islamize Europe. But if the death penalty is reinstated, she deserves to be executed."
The same day he also posted