CONFLICT● ELEVATEDJun 26 · Jun 26, 2026, 3:19 PM
Germany Christmas market attacker, a Saudi psychiatrist, sentenced to life
South China Morning Post
A German court on Friday jailed for life a Saudi psychiatrist who killed six people and wounded more than 300 when he drove a rented SUV through a crowded Christmas market in 2024. Taleb Jawad al-Abdulmohsen, 51 – an anti-Islam activist and adherent to right-wing conspiracy theories – listened to the verdict from inside a bulletproof glass box, his hands shackled. He was convicted of six counts of murder and 338 counts of attempted murder by the court in the eastern city of Magdeburg. Judges...
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