Germany's Far Right AfD Party Holds Memorial Event For Magdeburg Christmas Market Attack Victims

MAGDEBURG, GERMANY - DECEMBER 23: Dr Alice Weidel the co-chairwoman of the AfD addressing the crowd at the AfD's Memorial Event & Mourning Procession on December 23, 2024 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt. Germany. The event was organized by the AfD as a reaction to a terror attack in a Christmas market in the city. The suspect of Friday's ramming attack at the Christmas market in Magdeburg that killed five people and injured more than two hundred has been identified as Taleb A., a Saudi national and psychotherapist who has been living in Germany since 2006. In social media posts he had expressed support for policies of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), and was critical of Islam and the Islamization of Germany. (Photo by Craig Stennett/Getty Images)