Truck Plows into Christmas Market in Berlin, Killing at Least 9 and Injuring Dozens More
At least nine people are dead and dozens more injured after a large truck drove into a crowd at a Christmas Market in Berlin Monday night.
Berlin Police arrested someone they believe may be the attacker at the scene.
A suspicious person was arrested near #Breitscheidplatz. Whether it is the driver of the truck, is currently under consideration.
— PolizeiBerlinEinsatz (@PolizeiBerlin_E) December 19, 2016
U.S. officials are saying the incident is reminiscent of the Nice, France, terrorist attack in July.
That attack, which left 86 people dead, was perpetrated by an Islamic terrorist.
“Every year, the city of Berlin hosts a Christmas market there near the fashionable Kurfuerstendamm avenue. The attack happened at the foot of the landmark Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church, which was kept as a ruin after World War II,” CBS News reported.
Truck that burst into side of Christmas market at Breitscheidtplatz, in front of Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church pic.twitter.com/bbXEcrUJAv
— Philip Oltermann (@philipoltermann) December 19, 2016
Another photo of the truck #Berlin police now believe intentionally plowed into Christmas market crowd. pic.twitter.com/aoBsgdnhEj
— Daniel Nisman (@DannyNis) December 19, 2016
“The truck careered into the Berlin market at what would have been one of the most crowded times for the Christmas market, when adults and children would be gathering in the traditional cluster of wooden huts that sell food and Christmas goods,” The Daily Telegraph reported.
“I heard a big noise and then I moved on the Christmas market and saw much chaos … many injured people,” Jan Hollitzer, deputy editor in chief of Berliner Morgenpost, told CNN. “It was really traumatic.”
The Berlin Christmas market truck crash is now being investigated as an act of terrorism https://t.co/yjdcLDMi2K https://t.co/kJJHqQeJbc
— CNN (@CNN) December 19, 2016
The Berlin police believe the danger has passed, tweeting late Monday, “Currently, there are no indications of further dangerous situations in the city near #Breitscheidplatz.” (For more from the author of “Truck Plows into Christmas Market in Berlin, Killing at Least 9 and Injuring Dozens More” please click HERE)
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