7 Indians injured in Germany Christmas market assault; embassy says in ‘shut contact’ | India Information – Occasions of India
NEW DELHI: Indian Embassy in Germany on Monday stated that they’re in “shut contact” with all of the 7 Indians who sustained accidents within the Christmas market automobile assault in Germany, and their households.
The Embassy additionally added that 3 of the 7 injured Indians within the Magdeburg Christmas Market assault have been discharged and the remaining are nonetheless underneath therapy.
“Embassy has been in shut contact with all of the 7 Indians injured within the assault on the Magdeburg Christmas Market on 20 Dec 2024. 3 of the Indians have been discharged, whereas the remaining are underneath therapy. Mission is in common contact with them and actively offering requisite assist. Mission can also be in contact with their households,” the embassy stated in a submit on X.
In the course of the Christmas incident, a Saudi doctor drove right into a bustling market, leading to 5 fatalities, together with a nine-year-old little one, and greater than 200 casualties.
The accused, Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, aged 50 and a Saudi psychiatric physician, ploughed a automobile into the packed market on Friday night, inflicting 5 deaths and injuring 200 individuals.
The casualties included 4 ladies, aged 45, 52, 67, and 75, together with a nine-year-old boy recognized as Andre Gleissner. Forty-one people sustained extreme accidents.
The Saudi doctor, who resides in Germany, stays in police detention, going through potential fees of homicide, tried homicide, and inflicting bodily hurt. A judicial authority ordered his continued detention while awaiting doable fees.
Information retailers recognized him as Taleb A., a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy who has lived in Germany since 2006. His social media exercise reveals anti-Islamic views and opposition to German officers. “easy labels like ‘Islamist terrorism’ or ‘excessive right-wing’ do not absolutely mirror the dizzying vary of beliefs and ideologies we see,” noticed Ken McCallum, head of Britain’s MI5. Investigators point out his doable motivation stems from “dissatisfaction with the therapy of Saudi refugees in Germany.”
German officers face scrutiny over safety oversights. In November 2023, Saudi Arabia despatched an imprecise warning concerning the suspect to the Federal Prison Police Workplace. Regardless of his quite a few on-line posts, interactions with authorities, and threatening behaviour, he wasn’t thought of harmful. The Federal Workplace for Migration and Refugees additionally obtained an alert about him final 12 months.
Following the incident, a number of German cities cancelled their Christmas markets. Berlin enhanced safety at its markets. Chancellor Olaf Scholz obtained criticism throughout his Magdeburg go to on Saturday. This occasion follows different extremist occurrences in Germany, together with a Solingen knife assault in August and a 2016 lorry assault at a Berlin Christmas market. The Magdeburg market resumed operations on Sunday, with locals paying tribute at a casual memorial.
