Grief and hatred – while relatives and victims cried and prayed for the injured, a right-wing crowd marched through the city center chanting slogans. A psychologist and expert in the field of radicalization takes another look at the unusual course of events for the ‘Krone’ and warns.
“Why you? Why? I don’t understand. He was with us on earth for only nine years. Now you are with grandma and grandpa in heaven. You will always live on in our hearts. I promise you that.” André’s mother posted this heartbreaking message. Her son is one of five people who died at the Advent market in Magdeburg. As reported, Taleb A. – a well-known psychiatrist from Saudi Arabia, AfD supporter and Islam hater – raced through the crowd in a BMW and caused a massacre.
Right-wing gang calls for ‘remigration’
Sadness, anger and disbelief still dominate across Germany on Sunday after the terrible act. The 50-year-old is now in custody charged with five murders and attempted murder. Hundreds of people took part in a vigil, laying flowers and lighting funeral candles.
At the same time, right-wing extremist demonstrators marched in Magdeburg with a banner reading ‘Remigration’. The right-wing parties also demand this for the U prisoner.
Expert: “This attack changes everything”
But how does an Islam hater become a shooter? Ahmad Mansour, renowned psychologist and expert on radicalization, tries to explain in an interview with the ‘Krone’: “This attack changes everything we have understood about radicalization so far.” For him, the alleged perpetrator is a textbook example of an unusual course of radicalization. As a young man in Saudi Arabia, he lived in an authoritarian environment that shaped his way of thinking.
He later developed a strong anti-Islam stance that eventually led him to Germany. But the expectations he had of his new life remained unfulfilled. Mansour: “His hatred of Germany stems from deep disappointment. He sees the German government as complicit in Islamism, a conspiracy that abuses and betrays opposition members.”
“This attack is a wake-up call”
This case forces experts to broaden their perspective. Mansour speaks of a new front of radicalization: “We must be open to atypical courses. It is unusual for someone who has fled a regime to later commit such an act. He warns: “This attack is a wake-up call.”
Source: Krone
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