Police in Berlin confirmed on Tuesday that a truck ramming incident that killed at least 12 people in the German capital was intentional.
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According to local police, the first indications pointed to a terrorist attack on the market, situated at the foot of the ruined Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church.
The incident evoked memories of an attack on Nice in France in July when Tunisian-born man drove a 19-tonne truck along the beach front, mowing down people who had gathered to watch the fireworks on Bastille Day, killing 86 people. The attack was claimed by Islamic State.
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`Several dead, 50 injured`
According to local police, at least 50 people have been badly injured and several people have died.
Local media, citing police at the scene, said first indications pointed to an attack on the market, situated near the fashionable Kurfuerstendamm avenue and at the foot of the ruined Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church that was kept as a ruin after World War Two.
The incident evoked memories of an attack in France in July when Tunisian-born Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel drove a 19-tonne truck along the beach front, mowing down people who had gathered to watch the fireworks on Bastille Day, killing 86 people.
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19/12/2016
23:58
According to local reports one person has died and several others have been injured.
Both the Berliner Zeitung newspaper and the Berliner Morgenpost reported the truck ran into the market outside the landmark Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church on Monday evening.
The Berliner Zeitung said police believed there to be multiple injuries, but police couldn`t immediately be reached to confirm.
Both newspapers reported it wasn`t immediately clear whether the incident was an accident or some kind of an attack on the market.
Scene at the #Berlin Christmas market after semi truck plows into crowd. Several injured. pic.twitter.com/jG2L5uaLJZ
— Daniel Nisman (@DannyNis) December 19, 2016
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