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Two killed and scores injured in Germany as car ploughs into crowd at Christmas market
(www.theguardian.com)
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This is really bad. The driver is from Saudi Arabia. AfD was already leading for the upcoming election, and now it's going to be a sweep. Fascism is back in control of Germany and this time America has already fallen. Get ready for interesting times.
He was apparently an angry right-wing nut who had turned against Islam.
And the worst part is: The murderer achieves every goal they sought to.
Assuming an islamist motive, which is highly likely based on past attacks, there will be a significant increase in anti-Muslim discrimination. And islamists despise nothing more than Muslims successfully integrating into another society. After all, which cult does NOT prey upon vulnerable people and who is more vulnerable than someone experiencing constant discrimination?
ETA:
Turns out an islamist motive is highly unlikely, after other commenters pointed to an article that found the murderer shared anti-Muslim, far-right content online. Despite the tragedy, I'm genuinely relieved. This could've had devastating effects on the upcoming election.
Unfortunately, AfD and Musk won't hesitate to paint this as an islamist attack. They'll just claim the X posts are fake if necessary.
It may even have been the attackers' goal.
ETA - estimated time of arrival?
ETA can also mean “edited to add” when you update your comment to add more to it