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Saudi psychiatrist gets life sentence for deadly German Christmas market attack

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A Saudi psychiatrist, Taleb Jawad al-Abdulmohsen, has been sentenced to life in prison by a German court for killing six people and injuring over 300 by driving a BMW X3 into a crowded Christmas market in 2024. The court in Magdeburg found him guilty of six counts of murder and 338 counts of attempted murder, also noting "especially severe culpability" in its ruling. This designation makes his parole eligibility after 15 years significantly less likely. AI

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Saudi psychiatrist gets life sentence for deadly German Christmas market attack

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Agence France-Presse ·

    Germany Christmas market attacker, a Saudi psychiatrist, sentenced to life

    A German court on Friday jailed for life a Saudi psychiatrist who killed six people and wounded more than 300 when he drove a rented SUV through a crowded Christmas market in 2024. Taleb Jawad al-Abdulmohsen, 51 – an anti-Islam activist and adherent to right-wing conspiracy theor…

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