Sympathizer of the far-right AfD, follower of conspiracy theorists, paranoid and delusional in his posts on X: The complex personality of the perpetrator of the attack on the Magdeburg Christmas market which has so far cost the lives of 5 people and injured over 200 people is emerging.
Taleb Al Abdulmohsen, a 50-year-old with a permanent residence permit in Germany, is a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy, an employee of the Salus Clinic in Bernburg where he worked as a psychiatrist. As of 2020, he was employed in the correctional system for people with addictions. As reported by the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, in recent weeks Al Abdulmohsen was absent several times due to illness and consequently appeared unprepared for meetings.
He had risen to prominence in the small Saudi community in Germany as an anti-Islam and women’s rights activist and had appeared several times in the media: in an interview with FAZ in 2019, he claimed to hate Islam and had lost because of it friends and family. It ran a website and several social media channels that warned of the dangers of Islamization and advised potential asylum seekers. He frequently posted about what he called the persecution of women in the Middle East and had also shared pro-Israel content after the October 7 attack, as well as expressed support for the anti-immigration party AfD and conspiracy theorists such as the American Alex Jones and the British right-wing activist Tommy Robinson.
In his recent social media posts published days before the attack, he claimed that the German government is promoting the Islamization of the country and accused authorities of censoring and persecuting him because of his critical views on religion. On his website, he warned potential refugees to avoid Germany because of what he called its government’s tolerance of radical Islam. (AGI)