Berlin terror attack: 12 dead, 48 injured
Germany was the victim of a suspected mass terror attack on Monday night after a lorry ploughed into a busy Christmas market in Berlin, the Telegraph reports.
At least twelve people were killed and 48 were injured, some seriously, after the vehicle mounted the pavement at about 40mph and crashed into them.
The driver, whose nationality is unknown, was reported to have fled but was later said to have been arrested by police. A passenger in the lorry – which came from Poland and may have been hijacked – was later found dead inside. It is believed he may have been the original driver of the truck. German authorities confirmed that the passenger was a Polish national and that he was not the person in control of the vehicle at the time of the crash.
Police said the incident – which echoed an attack in Nice in July this year where 86 people were killed by a truck driven by a terrorist inspired by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) – appeared to be intentional. On Monday night they warned local residents to stay indoors.
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said there were many signs that the incident was an attack.
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