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Christmas market attack suspect was clearly Islamophobic: German minister The minister declined to elaborate on the man's political affiliations.
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<div class="paragraphs"><p>German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, accompanied by Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt Reiner Haseloff, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser and Transport Minister Volker Wissing, speaks to the media during a visit to the site where a car drove into a crowd of a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany December 21, 2024. </p></div>

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, accompanied by Prime Minister of Saxony-Anhalt Reiner Haseloff, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser and Transport Minister Volker Wissing, speaks to the media during a visit to the site where a car drove into a crowd of a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany December 21, 2024.

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Magdeburg, Germany: The suspect arrested in connection with a deadly car-ramming attack at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg was Islamophobic, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser told reporters on Saturday.

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"This was clear to see," Faeser said.

The minister declined to elaborate on the man's political affiliations.

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(Published 21 December 2024, 18:22 IST)