When a Saudi Arabian national was accused of ramming a car into a German Christmas market, members of the frequently anti-Muslim European far right said it proved their point. The suspect, Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, 50, was in fact scathingly critical of Islam and immigration, according to his past posts on X. He aligned himself with the far-right, anti-immigration party Alternative for Germany (AfD), which is endorsed by Musk and monitored by German intelligence agencies for suspected extremism. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visits the site of the deadly attack. “A bloody act like the one that occurred yesterday in #Magdeburg must never be repeated!” the local AfD X account posted.

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