Live Updates: Terrorist attack in Berlin Germany Christmas Market
Europe, Germany December 20, 2016,
Terrorist attack in Berlin Germany Christmas Market
- 12 people are dead and atleast 50 people are in the hospital with some with serious injuries.
- Ariel Zurawski, owner of the truck company, the truck may have been hijacked.
- Attack happened at Christmas market near the Zoologische Garten train station in the heart of Berlin.
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Islamic State claimed responsibility for the incident.
- Video footage from the scene shows stalls flying and people lying on the ground
- Police say they are sure it is a deliberate Terrorist attack.
- The suspected lorry driver has been arrested intially he tried to run away.
- Driver came to Germany in February as refugee from Pakistan.