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 theories -- listened to the verdict from inside a bullet-proof glass box, his hands shackled and wearing blue jeans and a shirt.
He was convicted of six counts of murder and 338 counts of attempted murder.
The court in the eastern city of Magdeburg ruled that the crime was of "particular severity", making it much harder for Abdulmohsen to ever win release from prison.
During the months-long trial, Abdulmohsen admitted to driving the vehicle -- a BMW X3 compact SUV with over 340 horsepower -- through the crowd on December 20th, 2024 but denied deliberately running people over.
