Saudi doctor, Taleb A., accused of the attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg, was the subject of a speech by the leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD). She stated that the attacker was a secret Islamist hiding in a non-Islamic society.

On Friday evening, a man ploughed a car into a crowd of shoppers at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg. The attack has left five people dead and more than 200 injured, with many in a critical condition. One man has been arrested over the attack, and police believe he was solely responsible.

The far right, polling second in voting intention with 19%, is trying to take electoral advantage of the incident two months before the general elections, ignoring the fact that the attacker sympathiz