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German minister: ‘Striking signs’ that deadly car-ramming suspect is mentally ill

By AFP 30 December 2024, 6:46 pm 52 Edit
A police officer guards at a blocked road near a Christmas market after an incident in Magdeburg, Germany, December 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
A police officer guards at a blocked road near a Christmas market after an incident in Magdeburg, Germany, December 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

BERLIN — Germany’s Interior Minister Nancy Faeser says there are indications that the Saudi suspect in a deadly car-ramming attack on a Christmas market 10 days ago is mentally ill.

“There are striking signs of a pathological psyche,” Faeser tells reporters, adding that lessons must be learnt on how to track potential “perpetrators who are psychologically disturbed and… driven by confused conspiracy theories.”

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