German regional public broadcaster WDR reported that the suspect, arrested after a deadly car attack on a German Christmas market in Magdeburg on Friday, was a 50-year-old doctor who arrived from Saudi Arabia in 2006, and was granted asylum in Germany.

According to a report by WDR's investigative team, the suspect, Taleb A., was not previously known to police as an extremist. A close examination of his social media posts revealed that he was an anti-Muslim activist who frequently claimed Germany was under the threat of Islamization, and retweeted messages from the anti-immigrant right-wing party, Alternative for Germany (AfD).

Welt newspaper shared some of his tweets, which included claims such as "Germany chases female Saudi asylum seekers" and "Germany wants to Islamize Europe."

Video contains screenshots of his suspended Twitter (X) account, showing controversial statements, anti-Islam comments, and tweets that mocked former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and praised anti-immigrant, right-wing AfD Party's co-chair Alice Weidel.

00:01-00:11 Public broadcaster WDR's Twitter account on its investigative report on the suspect, a 50-year-old doctor who arrived from Saudi Arabia in 2006 and was granted asylum in Germany

00:12-00:32 Twitter account believed to be suspect Taleb A.'s, according to multiple reports by German media on Friday, including Spiegel news magazine, and Welt newspaper.

Here, the suspect claims "Germany chases female Saudi asylum seekers, inside and outside Germany, to destroy their lives" and "Germany wants to Islamize Europe."

00:33-00:52 Suspect retweeted a post recently mocking Germany's former Chancellor Angela Merkel for opening doors to immigrants from Syria and the Middle East. It includes a digitally manipulated photo where Merkel is seen holding a sign that says "I destroyed Europe."

00:53-01:20 Suspect posted various posts in support of Germany's anti-immigrant right-wing AfD party and its co-chair Alice Weidel, who advocates stopping immigration from Muslim countries

01:21-01:35 In June, he reportedly posted the following tweet:

"In my experience, the German police are the real drivers of Islamism in Germany. My experience is that for 7 years, most recently in March 2024, the police used dirty tactics against me and other critics of Islam to destroy our anti-Islam activism. The left are crazy. We need AfD to protect the police from them."

01:36-01:47 In his media account, he provided a link to a website with the following headline: "My advice: do not seek asylum in Germany."

01:48-01:55 The suspect reportedly shared various posts and news articles claiming that Europe was under the threat of Islamization, including a Spiegel weekly cover with the title "Mecca Deutschland: the silent Islamization."