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2016 Berlin attack
On 19 December 2016 at 20:14 CET, a truck ramming attack killed twelve people and injured 48 others in the Christmas market next to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church at Breitscheidplatz in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin. Police and the Public Prosecutor are treating it as a terrorist incident. The original truck driver was found shot dead and a Pakistani asylum seeker was arrested at the scene.
On 19 December 2016, at 20:14 local time,[1] a man drove a stolen truck through a Christmas market at Breitscheidplatz in the City West of Berlin, killing twelve people.[2] The truck drove 50–80 metres (160–260 ft), crossed a sidewalk at Breitscheidplatz and destroyed booths.[3]
Local police stated that the vehicle came from the direction of
Budapester Strasse before finally coming to rest in front of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church.[4] A Polish man was found dead in the passenger seat of the truck cab,[5] shot dead with a small-caliber gun.[6][7] The suspected driver was reported to have fled towards the Victory Column.[8]
Police and Public Prosecution are investigating the incident as a terrorist incident.[9] Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel said, "We must assume this was a terrorist attack".[10] The Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière also described the incident as a terrorist attack.[11]
The vehicle involved, a black Scania R 450 semi-trailer truck,[12] bore Polish number plates and belongs to a Polish delivery company, Usługi Transportowe Ariel Żurawski, based in Sobiemyśl.[13] The truck, which was on its return leg to Poland, having started in Italy,[14] was transporting steel beams to Berlin.[1]
The head of the delivery company reported that his cousin had been driving the truck to Berlin, but that he could not imagine him being responsible for the attack.[14] The company last contacted the driver between 15:00 and 16:00, when the driver reported that he had arrived too late at the destination company in Berlin and that he had to wait there overnight and unload his truck the following morning.[14] The family had been unable to contact the driver since 16:00.[15] The company that owns the truck suspected it had been hijacked based on its GPS coordinates.[14] The company owner has since identified his cousin, the original driver of the semi-trailer, as the man who was found dead in the truck.[6] It is believed that the original driver was killed by the perpetrator.[16]
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Breitscheidplatz
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| Location | Breitscheidplatz, Berlin, Germany |
| Coordinates | 52°30′19″N 13°20′04″E |
| Date | 19 December 2016 20:14 CET (UTC+01) |
Attack type
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Vehicular assault |
| Weapons | Scania R 450 semi-trailer truck and small-caliber gun |
| Deaths | 12 |
Non-fatal injuries
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48 |
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Attack
Breitscheidplatz after the attack.
Police and Public Prosecution are investigating the incident as a terrorist incident.[9] Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel said, "We must assume this was a terrorist attack".[10] The Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière also described the incident as a terrorist attack.[11]
Vehicle
The truck involved, surrounded by fire fighting vehicles
The head of the delivery company reported that his cousin had been driving the truck to Berlin, but that he could not imagine him being responsible for the attack.[14] The company last contacted the driver between 15:00 and 16:00, when the driver reported that he had arrived too late at the destination company in Berlin and that he had to wait there overnight and unload his truck the following morning.[14] The family had been unable to contact the driver since 16:00.[15] The company that owns the truck suspected it had been hijacked based on its GPS coordinates.[14] The company owner has since identified his cousin, the original driver of the semi-trailer, as the man who was found dead in the truck.[6] It is believed that the original driver was killed by the perpetrator.[16]
Investigation
On the evening of December 19, police arrested an individual who, at the time, was suspected to be the driver of the truck near the scene.[2] Sources within the police later suggested that they might have arrested "the wrong man" because the individual in custody did not carry gunshot residue or any fight marks. Consequently, they believed that the attacker might still be at large.[17] German Public Prosecutor General Peter Frank stated: "We have to get used to the idea that the man apprehended may not be the perpetrator or belong to the group of perpetrators."[18] The arrested man denied any involvement.[19] The man in custody is reported to be 23-year-old Pakistani asylum seeker who had arrived in Germany in December 2015 and arrived in Berlin in February 2016. Several attempts to process his asylum claim were unsuccessful.[20]See also
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- 2016 Nice attack, a similar attack that took place in France in July 2016.
- Terrorism in Europe
- Terrorism in Germany
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