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German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser criticized the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) for politicizing last week’s Magdeburg Christmas market attack, where a car drove into crowds, killing 5 and injuring over 200.

Faeser condemned the AfD’s rally, attended by 3,500 people, as exploiting victims’ suffering ahead of February snap elections.

The 50-year-old suspect, Taleb A., a Saudi-born German resident since 2006, is in custody.

Investigators are examining his motives, noting his criticism of Islam and prior support for the AfD.

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[-] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 10 points 1 day ago

Politicize the shit out of it. That dude was an AfD sympathizer, radicalized by their hateful agenda. How could you not use this against the AfD?

[-] yesman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

You can't reason with racism. They believe he was essentially an Arab, and that is the source of his violence. Also, his race makes him unworthy to attack white Christians no matter how "righteous" the motive.

It's kinda like the Daniel Penny vs. Luigi Mangioni dynamic. Murder is not wrong per se, just who has station and authority to kill whom.

[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

You can’t reason with racism.

Really? I feel like many people exchange racist upbringings for more reasonable beliefs.

[-] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 day ago

I don't want to reason with them, but the voters

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