Berlin, Dec 23 (UNI) A man accused of killing five and injuring more than 200 at a German Christmas market had a history of making anti-Islam statements, which had become increasingly threatening in recent months in Germany, media reports said on Monday.
German authorities arrested suspect Taleb Al Abdulmohsen at the scene of a deadly attack in Magdenburg on Friday, believing he acted alone, CNN reported.
According to reports, a Saudi Arabian citizen, the 50-year-old psychiatrist came to Germany in 2006. Once settled in the country, he began sharing advice online with other people about how to escape repressive regimes in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states, setting up the platform wearesaudis.net.
While initially appreciative of Germany, in recent years he appeared to grow increasingly disgruntled with the country and its immigration policies.

In 2015, Germany welcomed more than a million refugees from the Middle East but has since moved to tighten border controls.
German authorities are investigating Al Abdulmohsen's dissatisfaction with Germany's treatment of refugees, stating that more time is needed to establish a motive, the report said.
On social media, Al Abdulmohsen posted openly about renouncing his Islamic faith, expressed sympathy for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and accused Germany of promoting the Islamisation of the country.
According to media reports, this year, he made online threats against Germany and the German people, which were apparently detected by the German authorities.
On his account on X, formerly Twitter, he posted in May to his nearly 50,000 followers: “German
terrorism will be brought to justice. It’s very likely that I will die this year in order to bring justice.”
He made a similar statement in August, when he posted, “I assure you that if Germany wants a war, we will fight it. If Germany wants to kill us, we will slaughter them, die, or go to prison with pride.”
He made some of the allegations against the group publicly on social media, which led to Atheist Refugee Relief making a formal complaint with the police in 2019.
According to a statement published by the group on Saturday, Al Abdulmohsen was eventually ordered by the Cologne Regional Court to delete the defamatory and accusatory posts. The case is currently going through the appeals process.
Questions had also been raised about Al Abdulmohsen’s practice of publicising the cases of some of the Saudi escapees despite the risks they would face if their asylum applications were rejected, and they had to return to Saudi Arabia.
The German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, on Saturday described Al Abdulmohsen as “an Islamophobe,” but gave few other details and said the investigation was just starting, the report said.
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