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Saudi doctor given life sentence for deadly car rampage on German Christmas market
Prosecutors said the attacker acted out of revenge and anti-Islam views, and the court found him guilty of 6 murders and 338 attempted murders.
- On Friday, a German court sentenced Saudi psychiatrist Taleb Jawad al-Abdulmohsen to life in prison for driving a rented BMW X3 through Magdeburg's Christmas market on December 20, 2024, killing six people and wounding more than 300.
- The 51-year-old Abdulmohsen, an anti-Islam activist, drove the vehicle at 48kmh through the crowded market but denied during trial that he deliberately struck pedestrians.
- Prosecutors argued the attack was motivated by "revenge" for a failed legal dispute, while a psychiatric expert diagnosed the defendant with narcissistic personality disorder but found him fully criminally responsible.
- The court ruled the crime was of "particular severity," barring Abdulmohsen from release after 15 years as is standard in Germany, effectively ensuring lifelong imprisonment.
- For victims, the conviction represents a "first step toward moving forward," though the attack previously intensified immigration debates during Germany's February 2025 election campaign.
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The perpetrator of the attack on the baby car against the Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday.
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The Saudi author of the attack on the baby car against the Magdeburg Christmas Market, which had killed six people and injured more than 300 people in this German city at the end of 2024, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday.
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With a rental car he rushed to the Christmas market in Magdeburg. Five women and one child died, hundreds were injured. Now the death driver is convicted - many of the victims were there.
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