UPDATED: "Allahu akbar!" in Magdeburg, Germany

A car plowed into a crowd of people at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg on Friday evening in an apparent deliberate attack. Eyewitnesses claimed that a driver drove directly into a large group of people gathered in a Christmas market. The German newspaper BILD reports that over 20 people were injured during the attack. It is currently unclear if anyone has died.  

The driver was immediately arrested, but die Polizei have so far not revealed his identity, ethnicity, religion, or status in Germany. They say only that his possible motive remain unclear. However... according to a spokesthingy for the government of the state of Saxony-Anhalt, the incident was an intentional attack. 

Are they perhaps jumping to the same conclusion as everyone except the police?

This is a developing story. In the unlikely event that we have rushed to an incorrect judgment, we will, of course, remove this meme.

SUSPICIONS CONFIRMED: Update added 21/12/24 at 0530.

Five people have been confirmed to have died in the attack, one of whom was a child. More than 200 people have been injured and at least 41 are in a critical condition. The toll had earlier been reported as two dead and 68 injured, but was revised to the much higher totals this morning, local time. None of the victims have been identified yet.

German media has identified the suspect as Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, a specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy from the Saudi Arabian city of Hofuf, who moved to Germany in 2006 and lives in Bernburg, 25 miles south of Magdeburg. He has been recognised as a refugee since 2016.

So our suspicion that the murderer was -- for a time, at least -- a follower of Prophet was correct. Lifetime pct .987.

But here's the strange part. Frau Nancy Faeser, Germany's Interior Minister, told the meeja that it was "clear to see" that the suspect holds "Islamophobic" views. Let that sink in. "Islamophobic" ???!!!  She said Herr A is an outspoken critic of Islam on social media, and has promoted conspiracy theories regarding an alleged plot by German authorities to islamization Europe. We await clarification.

Further thought: Now the politically correct meeja are calling Herr A an "ex-Muslim". ??? If he's an apostate, and an Islamophobe, why would he perpetrate a typically Islamic terror attack? Did he think the crowd he drove into were all Muslims? "Car jihad" doesn't sound very "ex-Muslim" to us!