Published December 31,2024
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The state community of migrant organizations within the japanese state of Saxony-Anhalt (LAMSA) on Tuesday warned of rising anti-foreigner assaults within the wake of this month’s lethal Magdeburg assault.
“There are increasing reports of racist hostility against people with a migration background. Documented incidents show the mood in parts of the population is extremely tense,” Mamad Mohamad, managing director of LAMSA, mentioned in a press release.
“People with a migration background feel insecure and hardly dare to go there (Magdeburg) on the street. We fear that the situation will especially worsen on New Year’s Eve,” he added.
Mohamad urged residents of Magdeburg in addition to political and civil society actors to take “a clear stance against racist agitation and violence.”
A person drove on Dec. 20 a automotive right into a Christmas market, killing 5 and wounding greater than 200 folks.
The accused is a 50-year-old Saudi physician described as being anti-Islam and a supporter of the far-right and Zionism.
He got here to Germany in 2006 and had been working as a psychiatrist in Bernburg, south of Magdeburg.
On Dec. 23, the federal authorities’s anti-racism commissioner, Reem Alabali-Radovan, had expressed concern following experiences of anti-Muslim assaults within the aftermath of the Magdeburg assault.
Our anti-racism counseling facilities in Magdeburg and the encircling space have reported an more and more hostile environment and violent assaults in opposition to migrants and Muslims, she mentioned, including: “Unfortunately, this act is now being used as an outlet to allow racism to run its course. We must not accept that under any circumstances. We must oppose any attempt to exploit this act politically.”
German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck had additionally warned residents in opposition to fueling hatred in opposition to Muslims and foreigners within the wake of the assault.
Source: www.anews.com.tr