Magdeburg, AfD and Germany

Germany's Faeser says AfD shouldn't exploit Magdeburg attack
Five people were killed and over 200 were injured when a car was driven through crowds at the Christmas market in Magdeburg in eastern Germany. The far-right Alternative for Germany held a rally in the city on Monday.
Magdeburg attack offers far right fertile ground despite suspect's backing for AfD
Despite the suspect's many statements expressing hostility to Islam, the head of the AfD in Sachsen-Anhalt, Martin Reichardt, said in a statement "the attack in Magdeburg shows that Germany is being drawn into political and religious fanaticism that has its origins in another world".
"They have no place in Germany": the leader of the AFD spoke to the residents of Magdeburg
Anyone who does not like Germany should leave Germany immediately, said Alice Weidel, co-chair of the Alternative for Germany party, candidate for chancellor, speaking to demonstrators in Magdeburg the day before.
German far right brings political edge to Magdeburg attack site
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Far-right AfD holds rally as Magdeburg mourns Christmas market victims
German newspaper Die Welt said he had undergone psychological treatment. At a gathering organised by AfD outside Magdeburg’s cathedral on Monday, co-leader of the political party Alice Weidel ...
Islamist attack in Magdeburg sparks German political uproar
Saudi doctor, Taleb A., accused of the attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg, was the subject of a speech by the leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD). She claimed that the attacker was a secret Islamist hiding in a non-Islamic society.
Tears dominate Germany’s Magdeburg after Christmas market attack
Four days after a car attack on the visitors of a German Christmas market, the mood in Magdeburg remained somber on Tuesday (December 24), the day Germans traditionally celebrate Christmas. Mourners,
Germany: far-right AfD holds march in city hit by Christmas market attack
Germany's far-right AfD party on Monday held what it called a "memorial" rally for victims of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market that has newly inflamed debate on migrant and security policy.
Magdeburg market tragedy: New revelations about attacker's past
New information is emerging about the Friday attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg, which claimed the lives of five people. It has been revealed that the German police contacted the perpetrator a few weeks before the attack.
How Magdeburg attack is mobilizing Germany's extreme right
Racist attacks against migrants have come in the wake of the deadly Christmas market attack in Magdeburg. Observers warn of Germany's extreme-right scene mobilizing over the incident.
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German Interior Minister Faeser warns AfD not to exploit Magdeburg
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has warned the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party not to exploit the attack ...
Fact Check: Video shows Berlin police operation unrelated to Magdeburg Christmas market attack
A video of a police operation in Berlin has been misleadingly linked online to the Dec. 20 car-ramming attack at a Christmas ...
Can AfD Party Win Germany Election? What We Know
The AfD became the first party considered by many to be far-right to come out victorious in a state election in Germany since ...
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Germany’s AfD rallies in Magdeburg, site of deadly Christmas market attack
Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has held what it calls ... on Monday outside a cathedral in the eastern city of Magdeburg, the scene of last week’s attack that killed ...
Christmas market killer was ‘undercover jihadist’ claims AfD leader
The far-Right Alternative for Germany party has claimed the Magdeburg Christmas market killer is “a closet jihadist and ...