MAGDEBURG: A German court on Friday convicted a Saudi psychiatrist and sentenced him to life in prison for driving an SUV in a deadly rampage through a crowded Christmas market in 2024.
Taleb Jawad Al-Abdulmohsen, 51, killed six people and injured more than 300 when he sped the vehicle through the market in the historic center of the eastern city of Magdeburg.
The court in Magdeburg ruled on Friday that the crime was of “particular severity,” a designation that will make it much harder for Abdulmohsen to ever win release from prison.
During the months-long trial, Abdulmohsen — an anti-Islam activist and adherent to right-wing conspiracy theories — admitted to driving the rented vehicle through the market but denied deliberately running people over.
Prosecutors described that claim as preposterous.
