9 Killed As Truck Plows into Christmas Market in Berlin:
Video
German police say they've arrested a suspect believed to
be the driver of a truck that rammed into a crowded
Christmas market in the center of Berlin, killing at
least nine and causing multiple injuries.
Police spokesman Winfried Wenzel told ZDF public
television that the man was arrested near the scene.
No further details were immediately available.
Posted December 19, 2016
A lorry has
ploughed into a Christmas market in central Berlin,
killing nine people and injuring many more, police say.
Police now say
they suspect it was a deliberate attack. Video footage
from the scene shows stalls knocked over and people
lying injured on the ground.
The driver is
on the run, German media report.
The market is
at Breitscheidplatz close to the Kurfuerstendamm, the
main shopping street in the city's west.
A reporter for
the Berliner Morgenpost described a "gruesome scene".
The Berliner
Zeitung reports that police have set up a meeting point
for relatives at the scene.
A photographer
for the DPA news agency said that armed police were at
entrance to the nearby zoo.
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