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niyad

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1. Would all of our DU'ers resident in Germany please check in?

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Fri Dec 20, 2024, 02:36 PM

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Five dead, more than 200 injured in car attack on German Christmas market [View all] muriel_volestrangler Dec 20 OP

Would all of our DU'ers resident in Germany please check in? niyad Dec 20 #1

Checking in... Pachamama Dec 20 #23

Glad to see you. Sounds like you had a lovely time. niyad Dec 20 #31

Glad to see you. niyad Dec 20 #32

Checking in DFW Dec 20 #25

Glad to see you. You travel so much . . we were concerned. niyad Dec 20 #33

I appreciate it, but with my luck DFW Saturday #34

Cars don't kill people, people kill people. generalbetrayus Dec 20 #2

Look at the AP headline Mosby Dec 20 #22

I saw that and wondered if the car was one of Elon's self-driving disasters. nt dflprincess Dec 20 #27

Journalistic integrity is dead. yardwork Saturday #36

Fwiw Laurelin Dec 20 #3

I haven't been to the one in Aachen DFW Dec 20 #26

The Aachen market is really small Laurelin Saturday #44

This message was self-deleted by its author DFW Dec 20 #29

Link to The Guardian live thread nitpicked Dec 20 #4

Locally, it looks as if "DW News" is coming up on WETA in a few minutes. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 20 #12

TV times for DW in the DC area nitpicked Dec 20 #14

And link to the BBC live thread nitpicked Dec 20 #5

short video of car racing through crowd and suspect........ riversedge Dec 20 #6

...." says all hospitals in the area are preparing for a "mass casualty event", riversedge Dec 20 #7

Here's a link to the report in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) for anyone who can read German and ... xocetaceans Dec 20 #8

If an immigrant driving... moondust Dec 20 #9

Almost makes me wonder... yardwork Saturday #38

The RW AfD will gain in the snap elections and auslanders (even innocent ones) will be deported from Germany in 2025. C0RI0LANUS Dec 20 #10

The perp was a saudi. Mosby Dec 20 #11

A doctor. moondust Dec 20 #13

Yeah, worked nearby at a hospital. Mosby Dec 20 #15

50yo Dr who has been in Germany since 2006 from Saudi Arabia. EX500rider Dec 20 #16

Some randos on X say it was his car. Mosby Dec 20 #19

It went 400m through the crowd.....way before that you could throw it in N or hit the Ebrake etc..I'd think EX500rider Dec 20 #20

You would think. nt Mosby Dec 20 #21

Wisconsin had this happen also--man killed six driving fast through Christmas parade!!.... riversedge Dec 20 #17

Here's a link to the video of the arrest of the alleged attacker at gunpoint.... xocetaceans Dec 20 #18

Info about the perp Mosby Dec 20 #24

Seems like SOMEONE shouldve noticed THAT shit. Callie1979 Dec 20 #28

"I hold the German nation responsible for the killing of Socrates." he what? EX500rider Saturday #35

He decided that the West is the successor of the Greek state, and so he reckons the German state muriel_volestrangler Saturday #40

Serious mental health issues there. yardwork Saturday #39

Or maybe drug induced paranoid schizophrenia Mosby Saturday #41

It's not unknown for medical practitioners to get addicted. yardwork Saturday #42

Even if the perp is a nut case who claims to love the AfD DFW Dec 20 #30

CNN: Saudi Arabia warned Germany 3 times moondust Saturday #37

His past history shows he is a man who is severely mentally disturbed. RVN VET71 Saturday #43