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Magdeburg in mourning: lights against hate after a fatal Christmas market attack
After the attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg, thousands gathered to mourners and protests against right -wing instrumentalization.
Magdeburg in mourning: lights against hate after a fatal Christmas market attack
In Magdeburg, the tragic attack on the Christmas market on Christmas Eve, in which five people, including a nine -year -old boy, were killed and around 200 more injured, triggered violent reactions. The alleged perpetrator, a 50-year-old doctor from Saudi Arabia, showed increasing radicalization and apparently sympathized with the AfD. This has led to a polarized society in which political groups use the situation for their purposes. After the incident, there were several rallies in the city where thousands gathered to mourn both and to obtain position against racism.
opposite rallies in Magdeburg
While the AfD management around Alice Weidel a demonstration with slogans like "Short!" Organized, opponents of this political orientation gathered under the motto "Give hatred no chance" to a chain of lights. This action should commemorate the victims of the attack and prevent the instrumentalization of the mourning by the AfD. According to the police, around 4,000 people took part in the light chain, while around 3,500 AfD supporters demonstrated on the cathedral square. Weidel emphasized that it was time to pull teachings out of the crime and demanded a fundamental processing.
During these events, Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser critically commented on the AfD's statements, trying to exploit the attack for political purposes. Their concerns were increased by the warnings that were pronounced by various organizations that warned of a possible escalation of racism and right violence as a result of the political debate about the attack. The President of the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution in Thuringia connected the attack with the right -wing extremist spectrum, which further exacerbates the tensions. A wide alliance of civil society and churches has positioned itself clearly against these developments, such as Zeit.de Heat the minds.