This morning I was searching the news to see if there was any more information on this topic. It is indeed very sad and brings back memeories of other similar acts of madness.
As a doctor one would think that he would have been too empathetic with others but something must have triggered this act of insanity, probably the full story will never be made public.
The simple fact is that violence and hate will breed other acts of violence and hate. We will never be free of it.
Having had the great pleasure of visiting the Christmas market in Wiesbaden, I can only imagine the horror that ensued in Magdeburg... so much so I did not watch any of the reporting on the scene...
Seems to me that those who harbour fundamentalist ideal come in and from all sorts of cultures and classes within cultures, be that out of control football supporters, political leaders promoting division, causing riots in the streets, and so much more.
BTW, the two would be assassins who attacked a Scottish Airport, were apparently also Islamic medical professionals.. If their attack with a car bomb made up of gas cylinders, had caused the explosion they intended, it could have perhaps killed and or maimed hundreds of would-be holiday makers queued up in the the check in hall on one of the busiest days in the year.... A twist in the story is that it seems at least one of them was taken to hospital for treatment to his self created burn injuries, and to the very hospital where both had been employed by the NHS....
