Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated that the attack in Germany, where a man drove into visitors at a Christmas market, killing at least five people and injuring around 200, is linked to immigration and the policies of the European Union.
Speaking to the media, Orbán expressed his condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the incident, which occurred on Friday evening in Magdeburg, and described it as a “terrorist act.” He claimed that the root cause of the tragedy lies in the EU’s migration policies.
German authorities reported that the suspect, a 50-year-old doctor from Saudi Arabia, had been living in Germany since 2006 and practicing medicine. The man had been actively posting anti-Islamic statements on social media, identifying himself as a former Muslim and supporting those who had renounced their faith.
Orbán emphasized that such attacks allegedly began in Europe after 2015, when the continent saw an influx of migrants and refugees fleeing wars in the Middle East and Africa. He pledged to resist EU efforts to impose a unified migration policy on Hungary.
