2016 Berlin truck attack

May 20202016 truck attack in Berlin, Germany 2016 Berlin truck attack Terroranschlag-Berlin-Breitscheidplatz-2016 (2) (31731061626) (square crop).jpg Aftermath of the attack Berlin#Germany 300px Breitscheidplatz right #FFFFDD 52 30 18 N 013 20 08 E scale:50000_type:event_region:DE Breitscheidplatz-AnschlagStoltenberg Helmut 18 December 2017 U-Ausschuss zu Breitscheidplatz-Anschlag https://www.bundestag.de/webarchiv/534878-534878 Deutscher Bundestag de19 December 2019 Bulletin der Bundesregierung Nr. 157-1 https://www.bundesregierung.de/resource/blob/975954/1708788/0197a267e3c16e3e886110b607a39abd/157-1-btpr-gedenken-bt-data.pdf?download=1 Deutscher BundestagLitschko Konrad 2021-12-19 5 Jahre Breitscheidplatz-Anschlag: Die Opfer im Stich gelassen https://taz.de/5-Jahre-Breitscheidplatz-Anschlag/!5820775/ Die Tageszeitung: taz de 0931-9085Josse Florent 2025 Taktische Medizin und taktische Verwundetenversorgung: Geschichte, Entwicklung, Grundsätze und Anwendungsbereiche https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-fizbw/506 Wehrmedizinische Monatsschrift de Fachinformationszentrum der Bundeswehr 69 6 254-264 10.48701/OPUS4-506 52 30 18 N 013 20 08 E scale:50000_type:event_region:DE inline,title 2016 12 19 yes 20:02 CET (UTC+01) Christmas market Vehicle-ramming attack, truck hijacking, shooting, mass murder Breitscheidplatz, Berlin, Germany 56Anschlag in Berlin: Zahl der Verletzten liegt nun offiziell bei 56 http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/berlin/polizei/anschlag-in-berlin-zahl-der-verletzten-liegt-bei-56-26147624 Berliner Zeitung de 6 March 2017 6 March 2017February 2023 InternetArchiveBot yes 13 (including a victim who died in 2021) Islamic terrorism and retaliation for German support of War against the Islamic State Islamic StateGmbH Süddeutsche.de IS drängte Amri zu Anschlag auf Berliner Weihnachtsmarkt Süddeutsche.de 31 May 2017 http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/anschlag-in-berlin-is-draengte-amri-zu-anschlag-auf-berliner-weihnachtsmarkt-1.3530086 de 2017-05-31 31 May 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170531173359/http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/anschlag-in-berlin-is-draengte-amri-zu-anschlag-auf-berliner-weihnachtsmarkt-1.3530086 live Anis Amri * Scania R 450 semi-trailer truck .22-caliber Erma Model EP552S semi-automatic pistol On 19 December 2016, a truck was deliberately driven into the Christmas market next to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin, leaving 12 people dead and 56 others injured. One of the victims was the truck's original driver, Łukasz Urban, who was shot dead hours before the attack. The truck was eventually stopped by its automatic brakes.2016-12-28 Automatic brakes stopped Berlin truck during Christmas market attack http://www.dw.com/en/automatic-brakes-stopped-berlin-truck-during-christmas-market-attack/a-36936455 2017-10-29 DW.COM Deutsche Welle en 8 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201108131949/http://www.dw.com/en/automatic-brakes-stopped-berlin-truck-during-christmas-market-attack/a-36936455 live The perpetrator was 24-year-old Anis Amri, an unsuccessful asylum seeker from Tunisia. Four days after the attack, he was killed in a shootout with police near Milan in Italy. An initial suspect was arrested and later released due to lack of evidence. Nearly five years after the attack, a man who was critically injured during the attack died from complications related to his wounds, becoming the 13th victim.26 October 2021 Berlin attack: First aider dies 5 years after Christmas market murders BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59048891 October 26, 2021 26 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211026190214/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59048891 live The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the attack and released a video of the perpetrator, Anis Amri, pledging allegiance to the terror group's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.Prince S.J. 2016-12-23 WATCH: Anis Amri, 'Berlin Attacker,' Pledges Allegiance to ISIS en-US Heavy.com http://heavy.com/news/2016/12/anis-amri-isis-islamic-state-bayat-allegiance-pledge-video-berlin-christmas-market-attack-milan-italy/ live 2016-12-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20161225144558/http://heavy.com/news/2016/12/anis-amri-isis-islamic-state-bayat-allegiance-pledge-video-berlin-christmas-market-attack-milan-italy/ 25 December 2016 The attack is the deadliest act of terror in Germany since the 1980 Oktoberfest bombing in Munich, which killed 13 people and injured 211 others,2017-01-05 Why Did Germany Fail to Stop Terrorist? http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/germany-knew-terrorist-was-dangerous-but-failed-to-stop-him-a-1128423.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20170116200255/http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/germany-knew-terrorist-was-dangerous-but-failed-to-stop-him-a-1128423.html 16 January 2017 13 January 2017 Spiegel OnlineGerber Larry 29 September 1980 Neo-Nazi Group Suspected in Munich Oktoberfest Bombing https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9gYgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=t2QFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1421%2C5561612 13 January 2017 The Lewiston Daily Sun and as of December 2023, it remains the worst Islamist terrorist attack by number of casualties in German history.Islamistisch motivierter Terrorismus/Extremismus https://www.bka.de/DE/DasBKA/OrganisationAufbau/Fachabteilungen/IslamistischmotivierterTerrorismusExtremismus/IslamistischmotivierterTerrorismusExtremismus_node.html#:~:text=Der%20Anschlag%20mit%20den%20bislang,bis%20heute%20im%20BKA%20bearbeitet. live https://web.archive.org/web/20191225104240/https://www.bka.de/DE/DasBKA/OrganisationAufbau/Fachabteilungen/IslamistischmotivierterTerrorismusExtremismus/IslamistischmotivierterTerrorismusExtremismus_node.html#:~:text=Der%20Anschlag%20mit%20den%20bislang,bis%20heute%20im%20BKA%20bearbeitet. 25 December 2019 2023-12-19 Bundeskriminalamt Background The Berlin attack took place during a time of heightened Islamist terrorist activity in Europe. Several terrorist attacks in 2016, in Germany and in neighboring countries, have been linked to ISIS;"Germany attacks: What is going on?" https://web.archive.org/web/20180606023038/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36882445 6 June 2018 . BBC News. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016. some of them were similar to the truck attack on the Christmas market in Berlin (e.g. the 2014 Nantes attack and the 2016 Nice truck attack, both in France). Attack Truck hijacking thumb|right|The path of the truck shown on a photograph of the market thumb|right|The hijacked semi‑truck involved in the Berlin Christmas market attack at Breitscheidplatz, photographed in the aftermath on 20 December 2016 The vehicle involved, a black Scania R 450 semi-trailer truck,LKW rast in Weihnachtsmarkt auf Breitscheidplatz. https://web.archive.org/web/20161219200132/http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/berlin/terroranschlag-lkw-rast-in-weihnachtsmarkt-auf-breitscheidplatz-25341200 19 December 2016 In: Berliner Zeitung, 19. Dezember 2016 bore Polish number plates and belonged to a Polish delivery company, Usługi Transportowe (Transport Services) Ariel Żurawski, based in Sobiemyśl.https://www.money.pl/gospodarka/wiadomosci/artykul/zurawski-ciezarowka-kierowca-polska-zamach,245,0,2222325.html Zamach w Berlinie. Ariel Żurawski dla WP: Najważniejsze dla mnie to znaleźć mojego kierowcę Sebastian Ogórek 19 December 2016 20 December 2016 pl The truck was on its return leg to Poland, having started its trip in Turin, Italy, and was transporting steel beams to a Berlin warehousehttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38375555 Berlin lorry deaths: Police say 'probably terrorist attack' BBC 20 December 2016 28 January 2020 21 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20200128194456/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38375555 live owned by ThyssenKrupp.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/20/police-pore-over-polish-lorry-driver-lukasz-urban-final-hours-berlin-attack Police pore over Polish truck driver's final hours for clues to Berlin attack Kirchgaessner Stephanie 20 December 2016 The Guardian 0261-3077 21 December 2016 thumb|right|The path of the truck shown on a mapDer ISIS-Anschlag von Berlin 22 December 2016 BILD de http://www.bild.de/storytelling/topics/terrorberlin/weihnachtsmarkt-terror-sammler-artikel-49442266.bild.html 23 December 2016 24 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161224031418/http://www.bild.de/storytelling/topics/terrorberlin/weihnachtsmarkt-terror-sammler-artikel-49442266.bild.html dead http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-143633-11.html Angriff in Berlin: Der Tag nach der Katastrophe Spiegel Online staff Spiegel Online https://web.archive.org/web/20161222001857/http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/angriff-in-berlin-fotostrecke-143633-11.html 22 December 2016 2016-12-22 de dead The head of the delivery company, Ariel Żurawski, reported that his cousin, Łukasz Robert Urban,Weihnachtsmarkt-Attacke: In diese drei Ansätze setzt die Polizei ihre Hoffnung Die Welt 21 December 2016 https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article160482426/In-diese-drei-Ansaetze-setzt-die-Polizei-ihre-Hoffnung.html de 21 December 2016 Müller U. 21 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161221233941/https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article160482426/In-diese-drei-Ansaetze-setzt-die-Polizei-ihre-Hoffnung.html live had been driving the truck to Berlin, but that he could not imagine him being responsible for the attack. Żurawski's company last contacted Urban between 15:00 and 16:00, when Urban reported that he had arrived at the Berlin warehouse a day early and had to wait there overnight to unload his truck the following morning.https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/dec/19/berlin-truck-crash-christmas-market-live Berlin truck crash: 'suspicious person' arrested after nine killed at Christmas market – live Jamieson Amber 19 December 2016 The Guardian 0261-3077 19 December 2016 20 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220174421/https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/dec/19/berlin-truck-crash-christmas-market-live live The last photo of Urban still alive was taken at a kebab shop near the ThyssenKrupp warehouse at about 14:00. The family had been unable to contact Urban since 16:00.http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/tylko-w-onecie/atak-terrorystyczny-w-berlinie-ciezarowka-wjechala-w-tlum-na-jarmarku-relacja/8bqhv99 Atak terrorystyczny w Berlinie? Ciężarówka wjechała w tłum na jarmarku 19 December 2016 20 December 2016 pl 21 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161221081001/http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/tylko-w-onecie/atak-terrorystyczny-w-berlinie-ciezarowka-wjechala-w-tlum-na-jarmarku-relacja/8bqhv99 live Żurawski suspected that the truck had been hijacked based on its GPS coordinates, as well as indications that it was being driven erratically. Żurawski later identified the victim found in the truck as his cousin Urban,http://metro.co.uk/2016/12/20/first-victim-of-berlin-christmas-market-terror-attack-named-6335443/ Truck driver named as first victim of Berlin Christmas market terror attack Nicole Morley for Metro.co.uk 20 December 2016 metro.co.uk 20 December 2016 22 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161222180641/http://metro.co.uk/2016/12/20/first-victim-of-berlin-christmas-market-terror-attack-named-6335443/ live the original driver of the semi-trailer;http://www.n-tv.de/politik/14-28-Szydlo-kondoliert-der-deutschen-Nation-article19368596.html 20 December 2016 NTV de Liveticker zu Anschlag auf Berliner Weihnachtsmarkt Urban was killed by the perpetrator of the attack.Germany faces manhunt after Berlin Christmas attack 20 December 2016 Financial Times Guy Chazan James Shotter https://www.ft.com/content/b3aa2c86-c695-11e6-9043-7e34c07b46ef 20 December 2016 20 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220175328/https://www.ft.com/content/b3aa2c86-c695-11e6-9043-7e34c07b46ef live According to a post-mortem examination cited by the German media, Urban was shot in the head between 16:30 and 17:30;https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38442447 Berlin truck attack: Polish driver 'shot hours before' 27 December 2016 28 December 2016 BBC initial reports stated that Urban had also been stabbed, but this was revised following the autopsy.Taylor Adam 2016-12-29 An obscure E.U. regulation may have saved lives in the Berlin Christmas market attack https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/12/29/an-obscure-e-u-regulation-may-have-saved-lives-in-the-berlin-christmas-market-attack/ 2025-03-30 The Washington Post en-US 0190-828610 May 2021 Drucksache 19/29493: Antwort der Bundesregierung auf die Kleine Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Irene Mihalic, Dr. Konstantin von Notz, Luise Amtsberg, weiterer Abgeordneter und der Fraktion BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN https://dserver.bundestag.de/btd/19/294/1929493.pdf Deutscher Bundestag Attack on Christmas market On 19 December 2016, at 20:10 local time,http://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2016-12/berlin-breitscheidplatz-gedaechtniskirche-weihnachtsmarkt Weihnachtsmarkt : Was wir über den Anschlag in Berlin wissen Biermann Kai 20 December 2016 Faigle Philip Die Zeit 0044-2070 Geisler Astrid Müller Daniel Musharbash Yassin Polke-Majewski Karsten Venohr Sascha 20 December 2016 de 21 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161221131143/http://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2016-12/berlin-breitscheidplatz-gedaechtniskirche-weihnachtsmarkt live the perpetrator drove the stolen truck through a Christmas market at Breitscheidplatz in the City West of Berlin, killing 11 people and injuring 56.Eddy Melissa Germany Seeks Tunisian Tied to Berlin Christmas Market Attack The New York Times 21 December 2016 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/21/world/europe/berlin-christmas-market-attack.html 22 December 2016 22 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161222132223/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/21/world/europe/berlin-christmas-market-attack.html live Melissa Eddy Alison Smale https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/19/world/europe/berlin-christmas-market-truck-crash.html At Least 12 Dead in Berlin After Truck Crashes into Christmas Market The New York Times 19 December 2016 1 March 2017 1 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170301010624/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/19/world/europe/berlin-christmas-market-truck-crash.html live The truck came from the direction of Hardenbergstraße, drove about 50 m through the market, and destroyed several stallsMichelle Martin http://reuters.com/article/idUSKBN148287 Berlin police assume truck was deliberately driven into Christmas market Reuters Reuters.com 20 December 2016 27 September 2020 20 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20200927172749/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN148287 live before turning back onto Budapester Straße and coming to a stop level with the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. Kate Connolly Philip Oltermann Kevin Rawlinson Fran Lawther https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/19/berlin-truck-crashes-into-christmas-market Berlin: suspect held and 12 dead after truck crashes into market The Guardian 19 December 2016 19 December 2016 19 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161219212024/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/19/berlin-truck-crashes-into-christmas-market live Several witnesses saw the driver leave the truck and flee towards Tiergarten. One witness ran after him.https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article160454887/Mutiger-Zeuge-fuehrt-die-Polizei-zum-Verdaechtigen.html Berlin: Mutiger Zeuge führt Polizei zum Verdächtigen 20 December 2016 Die Welt 20 December 2016 de Khunkham Kritsanarat 21 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161221091541/https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article160454887/Mutiger-Zeuge-fuehrt-die-Polizei-zum-Verdaechtigen.html live Łukasz Urban was found dead in the passenger seat of the truck cab. He had been shot https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/20/berlin-christmas-market-attack-everything-know-far Berlin Christmas market attack: What we know so far The Daily Telegraph 20 December 2016 31 May 2018 5 April 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180531215026/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/20/berlin-christmas-market-attack-everything-know-far/ live once in the headhttp://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/anschlag-in-berlin-attentaeter-fuhr-einmal-um-den-weihnachtsmarkt-herum-a-1126840.html Berlin: Attentäter fuhr einmal um den Weihnachtsmarkt herum 20 December 2016 Spiegel Online de with a small-caliber firearm.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-truck-driver-dead-idUSKBN1490Z3?il=0 One of dead at German Christmas market was shot Reuters 20 December 2016 18 October 2017 2 July 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171018064358/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-truck-driver-dead-idUSKBN1490Z3?il=0 live Investigators initially believed that Urban might still have been alive when the truck reached Breitscheidplatz and might have been stabbed because he tried to stop the attack. Early media reports speculated that he had grabbed the steering wheel, forcing the truck to veer left and crash to a stop, and was then shot at the scene of the crash. If this had been true, this act might have saved many lives.Ermittler: Es gab einen Kampf im Lastwagen http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/anschlag-auf-dem-breitscheidplatz-ermittler-es-gab-einen-kampf-im-lastwagen/19161150.html Tagesspiegel 21 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161221111355/http://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/anschlag-auf-dem-breitscheidplatz-ermittler-es-gab-einen-kampf-im-lastwagen/19161150.html 21 December 2016 de 21 December 2016 dead However, later media reports indicated that the truck was brought to a stop by its automatic braking system http://www.dw.com/en/automatic-brakes-stopped-berlin-truck-during-christmas-market-attack/a-36936455 Automatic brakes stopped Berlin truck during Christmas market attack Deutsche Welle 28 December 2016 8 November 2020 28 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20201108131949/http://www.dw.com/en/automatic-brakes-stopped-berlin-truck-during-christmas-market-attack/a-36936455 live and Urban was killed hours before the attack.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-truck-driver-idUSKBN14G1CA Polish truck driver shot long before Berlin attack: report 27 December 2016 8 January 2017 Reuters No weapons were found at the scene. The Christmas market reopened on 22 December. Damaged stalls were removed and memorials were set up in their stead. Concrete barriers were placed along sides facing streets.Berlin Christmas market reopens after attack https://web.archive.org/web/20161230231116/http://www.euronews.com/2016/12/22/berlin-christmas-market-reopens-after-attack 30 December 2016 , euronews, 22 December 2016Attack-hit Berlin Christmas market reopens https://web.archive.org/web/20161230162544/http://www.dw.com/en/attack-hit-berlin-christmas-market-reopens/a-36872230 30 December 2016 , Deutsche Welle, 22 December 2016Days after attack, Berlin opens Christmas market https://web.archive.org/web/20171012081509/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/12/22/berlin-attack-christmas-market-reopens/95756696/ 12 October 2017 , USA Today, 22 December 2016 Victims Twelve people died and at least forty-eight were injured throughout the attack.2016-12-22 Berlin attack: Who were the victims? en-GB BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38394412 2021-10-26 Many of those injured sustained serious injuries and broken bones from either being hit by the truck, or by the collapse of the wooden stalls that were damaged by the truck.Hanna Jason 2016-12-23 Berlin Christmas market attack: The victims https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/23/europe/berlin-christmas-market-attack-victims/index.html live 2021-10-26 CNN en https://web.archive.org/web/20161223210910/http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/23/europe/berlin-christmas-market-attack-victims/index.html 23 December 2016 Five years after the attack, a first responder to the attack died in 2021 due to injuries he sustained while responding to victims. It is believed that he was wounded by a beam, sustaining serious head injuries.2021-10-26 First aider dies of injuries five years after Christmas market attack https://www.euronews.com/2021/10/26/first-aider-dies-of-injuries-five-years-after-2016-berlin-christmas-market-attack 2021-10-26 euronews en 28 November 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20231128220311/https://www.euronews.com/2021/10/26/first-aider-dies-of-injuries-five-years-after-2016-berlin-christmas-market-attack live2021-10-26 Berlin attack: First aider dies 5 years after Christmas market murders en-GB BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59048891 2021-10-26 26 October 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211026190214/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59048891 live + Casualties by nationality Country Deaths Injuries Ref. 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https://web.archive.org/web/20161222180641/http://metro.co.uk/2016/12/20/first-victim-of-berlin-christmas-market-terror-attack-named-6335443/ live Czech Republic 1 0http://www.rozhlas.cz/zpravy/svet/_zprava/mezi-obetmi-utoku-v-berline-byla-i-ceska-oznamilo-ministerstvo-zahranici--1682199 Mezi oběťmi útoku v Berlíně byla i Češka, oznámilo ministerstvo zahraničí rozhlas.cz 22 December 2016 Czech Radio 23 December 2016 24 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161224143632/http://www.rozhlas.cz/zpravy/svet/_zprava/mezi-obetmi-utoku-v-berline-byla-i-ceska-oznamilo-ministerstvo-zahranici--1682199 live Ukraine 1 0https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/german-police-confirm-death-ukrainian-citizen-berlin-terrorist-attack.html German police confirm death of Ukrainian citizen in Berlin terrorist attack (UPDATED) – KyivPost KyivPost 23 December 2016 23 December 2016 24 December 2016 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2https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/berlin-lorry-attack-terror-isis-anis-amri-christmas-market-germany-victims-missing-israeli-italian-a7489416.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/berlin-lorry-attack-terror-isis-anis-amri-christmas-market-germany-victims-missing-israeli-italian-a7489416.html 1 May 2022 subscription live British victims injured in terror attack on Berlin Christmas market 21 December 2016 21 December 2016 United States 0 2http://www.wkyt.com/content/news/2-Americans-confirmed-to-be-injured-in-Berlin-attack-407878695.html 2 Americans confirmed to be injured in Berlin attack 22 December 2016 Wkyt.com 2016-12-22 23 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161223062258/http://www.wkyt.com/content/news/2-Americans-confirmed-to-be-injured-in-Berlin-attack-407878695.html live Finland 0 1 http://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/embassy_finn_injured_in_berlin_attack/9368624 Embassy: Finn injured in Berlin attack www.yle.fi 22 December 2016 Yleisradio The Finnish Embassy in Berlin says that a Finnish national is among those hurt in Monday's terror attack. 22 December 2016 23 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161223151233/http://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/embassy_finn_injured_in_berlin_attack/9368624 live Hungary 0 1http://dailynewshungary.com/one-hungarian-injured-berlin-terrorist-attack/ One Hungarian injured in Berlin terrorist attack – Daily News Hungary 22 December 2016 dailynewshungary.com 23 December 2016 24 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161224033403/http://dailynewshungary.com/one-hungarian-injured-berlin-terrorist-attack/ live France 0 1http://www.ledauphine.com/france-monde/2016/12/22/attentat-de-berlin-le-point-sur-la-situation France/Monde | Attentat de Berlin : une Française parmi les blessés Ledauphine.com 1970-06-11 2016-12-22 23 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161223095818/http://www.ledauphine.com/france-monde/2016/12/22/attentat-de-berlin-le-point-sur-la-situation live Lebanon 0 1 https://www.mtv.com.lb/en/News/661870 Lebanese wounded in Berlin Christmas market attack mtv.com.lb mtv Lebanon Lebanon's Embassy in Germany informed the government that a Lebanese man identified as Mohammad Hassan Wehbeh was wounded in the attack on a Christmas market in Berlin. 20 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161221092442/http://mtv.com.lb/en/News/661870 21 December 2016 live Unknown 0 42https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-38370364 Live: Police investigate Berlin lorry attack 19 December 2016 BBC.com 21 June 2018 22 May 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180522233432/http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-38370364 liveTotal 13 56https://www.rbb-online.de/politik/beitrag/2016/12/opfer-anschlag-breitscheidplatz-israelin.html Weiterhin 26 Anschlagsopfer im Krankenhaus .rbb-online.de 23 December 2016 23 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161223175507/http://www.rbb-online.de/politik/beitrag/2016/12/opfer-anschlag-breitscheidplatz-israelin.html live Investigation thumb|right|The truck involved, surrounded by emergency vehicles The police and public prosecutor investigated the incident as a terrorist attack.20 December 2016 Anschlag in Berlin: BKA zeigt sich 'hochalarmiert' de Attack in Berlin: BKA on 'high alert' Der Spiegel http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/anschlag-in-berlin-bundesanwaltschaft-geht-von-terroristischem-hintergrund-aus-a-1126797.html 21 December 2016 20 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161221134313/http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/anschlag-in-berlin-bundesanwaltschaft-geht-von-terroristischem-hintergrund-aus-a-1126797.html live The Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, said, "We must assume this was a terrorist attack."20 December 2016 Merkel on Berlin Xmas Market Tragedy: 'We must assume this was a terrorist attack' Deutsche Welle http://www.dw.com/en/merkel-on-berlin-xmas-market-tragedy-we-must-assume-this-was-a-terrorist-attack/a-36839928 20 December 2016 20 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220174904/http://www.dw.com/en/merkel-on-berlin-xmas-market-tragedy-we-must-assume-this-was-a-terrorist-attack/a-36839928 live The German Minister of the Interior, Thomas de Maizière, described the incident as a brutal attack.20 December 2016 Todesfahrt von Berlin: De Maizière: "Kein Zweifel mehr an Anschlag" de Deadly Drive in Berlin: De Maizière: 'No Doubt Any More About Attack' faz.net de Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/thomas-de-maiziere-anschlag-in-berlin-war-brutales-attentat-14584165.html The U.S. Department of State had previously warned of terrorist attacks on Christmas markets in Europe after ISIL took control of Raqqa and Mosul.Sanchez Raf 22 November 2016 US warns of 'heightened' risk of terror attacks on Christmas markets in Europe as Isil loses grip on Mosul and Raqqa https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/22/us-warns-heightened-risk-terror-attacks-christmas-markets-europe/ 20 December 2016 The Telegraph 20 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220112815/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/22/us-warns-heightened-risk-terror-attacks-christmas-markets-europe/ live9 September 2016 Europe Travel Alert https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/alertswarnings/Europe.html 20 December 2016 travel.state.gov Bureau of Consular Affairs, US State Department 20 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220221522/https://travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/alertswarnings/Europe.html live ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack shortly after the release of a Pakistani suspect who was mistakenly detained.23 December 2016 Berlin attacker filmed video pledge to IS https://news.sky.com/story/berlin-attacker-anis-amri-pledged-allegiance-to-islamic-state-in-video-10706087 23 December 2016 Sky News 24 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161224030436/http://news.sky.com/story/berlin-attacker-anis-amri-pledged-allegiance-to-islamic-state-in-video-10706087 liveThe Berlin Vehicular Ramming Attack – What we know & Insights from ICT Experts https://www.ict.org.il/Article/1883/the-berlin-vehicular-ramming-attack 2016-12-22 ict.org.il 22 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161222225757/https://www.ict.org.il/Article/1883/the-berlin-vehicular-ramming-attack dead"Berlin attack: So-called Islamic State claims responsibility". BBC News. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.21 December 2016 Noch 14 Menschen in Lebensgefahr de Still 14 People in Danger Der Spiegel Hamburg, Germany http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/berlin-anschlag-vermutet-mutmasslicher-taeter-naved-b-war-offenbar-polizeibekannt-a-1126641.html 10 October 2023 20 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20231010213329/https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/berlin-anschlag-vermutet-mutmasslicher-taeter-naved-b-war-offenbar-polizeibekannt-a-1126641.html live20 December 2016 Nach Anschlag in Berlin: IS reklamiert Attacke auf Weihnachtsmarkt für sich de After attack in Berlin: IS reclaims attack on Christmas market for itself Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ.net) Frankfurt, Germany https://www.faz.net/1.4585337 20 December 2016 Initial suspect thumb|right|Breitscheidplatz after the attack On the evening of 19 December, police arrested a suspect, believed to have driven the truck during the attack, near the Berlin Victory Column.19 December 2016 Berlin truck driver reportedly a refugee from Pakistan or Afghanistan http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/19/berlin-truck-driver-was-refugee-pakistan-report/ 20 December 2016 Washington Times 21 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161221053207/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/19/berlin-truck-driver-was-refugee-pakistan-report/ liveShams Shamil 20 December 2016 Pakistani and Afghan refugees fear backlash after Berlin attack DW http://www.dw.com/en/pakistani-and-afghan-refugees-fear-backlash-after-berlin-attack/a-36843958 21 December 2016 21 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161221135350/http://www.dw.com/en/pakistani-and-afghan-refugees-fear-backlash-after-berlin-attack/a-36843958 live He had aroused suspicion by running away from the scene of the attack out of fear that he would be considered a suspect.Jamieson Amber Lyons Kate Topping Alexandra Weaver Matthew 20 December 2016 Berlin truck attack: first suspect released as driver thought to still be at large – as it happened The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/dec/20/berlin-christmas-market-attack-suspect-pakistan-live-coverage 22 December 2016 The arrested man, initially identified only as Naved B. (later said to be Naved Baloch by the British newspaper The Guardian29 December 2016 Man wrongly arrested over Berlin attack says he fears for his life The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/29/naveed-baloch-man-wrongly-arrested-berlin-attack-fears-for-his-life 29 December 2016), denied involvement and was later identified as a 23-year-old asylum seeker from Turbat, Pakistan.20 December 2016 Berlin attack: No certainty over man arrested by police https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38379157 BBC 21 June 2018 11 August 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180811101949/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38379157 live The Berlin SEK police tactical unit stormed the hangar at the former Berlin Tempelhof Airport, which is used as a refugee camp, where the arrested man lived with six others in a room. His mobile phone was seized and analyzed. Police sources later suggested that they might have arrested "the wrong man" because the individual in custody did not carry gunshot residue or any marks that would indicate that he had been in a fight.20 December 2016 Anschlag in Berlin: Polizei zweifelt an Täterschaft des Festgenommenen de Der Spiegel http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/anschlag-in-berlin-polizei-zweifelt-an-taeterschaft-des-festgenommenen-a-1126778.html 21 December 2016 20 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161221130005/http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/anschlag-in-berlin-polizei-zweifelt-an-taeterschaft-des-festgenommenen-a-1126778.html live Furthermore, forensic tests did not indicate that the suspect was inside the cab of the truck.21 December 2016 Germany releases Pakistani held over Berlin attack Dawn https://www.dawn.com/news/1303453/germany-releases-pakistani-held-over-berlin-attack 21 December 2016 21 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161221125444/http://www.dawn.com/news/1303453/germany-releases-pakistani-held-over-berlin-attack live Police therefore believed that the attacker might still be at large. German Public Prosecutor General Peter Frank said, "We have to get used to the idea that the man apprehended may not be the perpetrator or belong to the group of perpetrators."Geil Karin Finkenwirth Angelika Pontius Jakob Klormann Sybille 20 December 2016 Berlin: Die Berliner Polizei hat wohl den Falschen http://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2016-12/berlin-weihnachtsmarkt-kurfuerstendamm-gedaechtniskirche-attentat Die Zeit de 21 December 2016 20 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161221131149/http://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2016-12/berlin-weihnachtsmarkt-kurfuerstendamm-gedaechtniskirche-attentat liveBiermann Kai Faigle Philip Geisler Astrid Müller Daniel Musharbash Yassin Polke-Majewski Karsten Venohr Sascha 20 December 2016 Weihnachtsmarkt: What we know for sure http://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2016-12/berlin-breitscheidplatz-gedaechtniskirche-weihnachtsmarkt#english-version Die Zeit Charles Hawley, Daryl Lindsey 21 December 2016 21 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161221131143/http://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2016-12/berlin-breitscheidplatz-gedaechtniskirche-weihnachtsmarkt#english-version live The man was released on the evening of 20 December due to lack of evidence.20 December 2016 Nach Anschlag in Berlin: Vorläufig Festgenommener ist wieder frei de After the Attack in Berlin... Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ.net) https://www.faz.net/1.4585157 20 December 201620 December 2016 Berlin market attack suspect released BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38385961 23 December 2016 21 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20161223104043/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38385961 live thumb|Hardenbergstrasse the day after; street taken by the truck straight into the Christmas market. In an interview with The Guardian on 29 December, he narrated the incident of his arrest on 19 December. According to him, after leaving a friend's house and crossing a road in central Berlin on the evening of the attack, a car started following him, after which he walked faster. When he realised that it was a police car, he stopped when they asked him to and showed his identification documents to them. He was allowed to go, but was called back seconds later and arrested. He claimed that he was tied up, blindfolded and also slapped by the police after refusing to undress for photographs. He said in the interview that he had gone into hiding, fearing for his life. The Guardian also said he had applied for asylum in Germany as a member of a secular separatist movement in Balochistan province of Pakistan. Anis Amri :de:Anis Amri thumb|Wanted poster offering a reward for Amri On 21 December, police announced that investigators had found, under the truck's driver's seat, a suspension of deportation permit21 December 2016 Anschlag in Berlin: Das ist über den neuen Tatverdächtigen bekannt – Welt de Die Welt https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article160489493/Das-ist-ueber-den-neuen-Tatverdaechtigen-bekannt.html belonging to Anis Amri. Amri was born in Tataouine, Tunisia on 22 December 1992.22 December 2016 Anis Amri, Suspect in the Berlin Truck Attack: What We Know The New York Times en https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/22/world/europe/anis-amri-suspect-in-the-berlin-truck-attack-what-is-known.html?_r=0 Smale Alison Pianigiani Gaia Gall Carlotta 24 December 2016 1 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20161224220634/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/22/world/europe/anis-amri-suspect-in-the-berlin-truck-attack-what-is-known.html?_r=0 live Authorities began a Europe-wide search for Amri.21 December 2016 Nach Berlin-Anschlag: Polizei fahndet bundesweit nach Verdächtigem https://www.tagesschau.de/eilmeldung/eilmeldung-2221.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20161221101143/http://www.tagesschau.de/eilmeldung/eilmeldung-2221.html 21 December 2016 21 December 2016 Tagesschau de21 December 2016 Polizei sucht tatverdächtigen Tunesier de Spiegel Online https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/anschlag-in-berlin-polizei-sucht-tunesier-a-1126931.html dead 21 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161221105918/http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/anschlag-in-berlin-polizei-sucht-tunesier-a-1126931-amp.html 21 December 2016 According to investigators, Amri entered Germany from Italy in 2015 and had contacts with the network of the recently arrested Salafist preacher Abu Walaa, a known ISIL recruiter in Germany.21 December 2016 Polizei fahndet nach Tunesier Anis A. https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/suche-tatverdaechtiger-103.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20161221124035/http://www.tagesschau.de/inland/suche-tatverdaechtiger-103.html 21 December 2016 21 December 2016 Tagesschau de Amri was sought by the Federal Criminal Police Office. Officials called for a public manhunt, issuing a recent picture, and offering a reward of €100,000, warning that Amri might be armed and dangerous. He was described as being 178 tall, weighing approximately 75 kg lb, with dark hair and brown eyes.GmbH Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 21 December 2016 Nach Attentat in Berlin: Öffentliche Fahndung nach verdächtigem Tunesier de FAZ.NET https://www.faz.net/1.4586660 21 December 2016 Amri fled from Tunisia to escape imprisonment for stealing a truck15 January 2017 Police memo on Berlin truck attacker published in German media Deustche Welle http://www.dw.com/en/police-memo-on-berlin-truck-attacker-published-in-german-media/a-37141902 19 January 2017 19 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170119100757/http://www.dw.com/en/police-memo-on-berlin-truck-attacker-published-in-german-media/a-37141902 live and arrived for the first time in Europe in 2011 on a refugee raft22 December 2016 Chi è Anis Amri, il sospettato della strage di Berlino arrivato a Lampedusa su un barcone it La Voce del Trentino http://www.lavocedeltrentino.it/2016/12/22/chi-e-anis-amri-il-sospettato-della-strage-di-berlino-arrivato-a-lampedusa-su-un-barcone/ 22 December 2016 at the island of Lampedusa. He lied about his age, pretending to be a minor, and was sent to the temporary migrants reception center on the island.Guulia Paravicini, Suspected Berlin attacker spent 4 years in Italian jails https://web.archive.org/web/20161222160105/http://www.politico.eu/article/suspected-berlin-attacker-spent-4-years-in-italian-jails/ 22 December 2016 , Politico.eu (22 December 2016). At the center, according to Italian security officials, Amri "took part in a particularly violent riot, when the center was set on fire and several people were injured" and was sentenced for it and robberyBerlin suspect Anis Amri 'radicalized in Italy jail:' Father https://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/berlin-suspect-anis-amri-radicalized-in-italy-jail-father/ rawstory.com 22 December 2016 12 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181012145836/https://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/berlin-suspect-anis-amri-radicalized-in-italy-jail-father/ dead to four years in prison, which he served in two jails in Sicily. Amri was released in 2015; according to Italian officials, the Tunisian authorities refused to accept his repatriation to Tunisia, and it is believed that he went to Germany around this time. Per an autopsy on his body, it was found that he frequently consumed drugs.May Bulman Autopsy on Berlin attacker Anis Amri shows frequent drug use including cocaine and hashish The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/berlin-attacker-anis-amri-drug-use-post-mortem-autopsy-isis-inspired-christmas-market-a7611936.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/berlin-attacker-anis-amri-drug-use-post-mortem-autopsy-isis-inspired-christmas-market-a7611936.html 1 May 2022 subscription liveAnis Amri habitually took drugs before Berlin attack, say Italian prosecutors http://www.dw.com/en/anis-amri-habitually-took-drugs-before-berlin-attack-say-italian-prosecutors/a-37809997 Deutsche Welle In Tunisia, Amri was sentenced in absentia to five years in prison, "reportedly for aggravated theft with violence".21 December 2016 Suspect in Deadly Berlin Attack Is Latest Tunisian Jihadi Bloomberg.com https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-21/suspect-in-berlin-attack-is-just-the-latest-tunisian-jihadi 23 December 2016 www.bloomberg.com 23 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161223142920/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-21/suspect-in-berlin-attack-is-just-the-latest-tunisian-jihadi liveBerlin attack: Tunisian fugitive 'had been under surveillance', BBC News (22 December 2016). Prior to that he had been arrested several times for possession and use of drugs.Huggler Justin Rothwell James Burke Louise Allen Nick Palazzo Chiara 20 December 2016 Berlin terror attack: Tunisian suspect was investigated over earlier terror plot The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/20/berlin-market-attack-suspect-named-23-year-old-asylum-seeker/ 2016-12-22 According to his family, he drank alcohol, took drugs and was initially not religious, but had been radicalized in Italian jails.Argouby Mohamed Nasr Joseph Scherer Steve 22 December 2016 Berlin attack suspect emerged from jail with 'totally different mentality' https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-truck-suspect-idUSKBN14B1XU live https://web.archive.org/web/20161222171259/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-truck-suspect-idUSKBN14B1XU 22 December 2016 22 December 2016 Reuters He arrived in Germany in July 2015 and applied for asylum in April 2016. He used at least 14 different aliases and posed as a citizen of Syria, Egypt or Lebanon. He reportedly had tried to recruit participants for a terrorist attack since the spring, and once tried to buy a pistol from an undercover police officer. He had been overheard by German intelligence offering to carry out a suicide attack, but the German authorities had decided not to arrest him because they deemed him a mere errand boy.Berlin terror attack: dashcam video shows truck speeding into Christmas market The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/22/berlin-terror-attack-tunisian-suspect-anis-amri-investigated/ 29 March 2018 5 April 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180329190555/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/22/berlin-terror-attack-tunisian-suspect-anis-amri-investigated/ liveShubert Atika Roberts Elizabeth Berlin market attacker had 14 aliases in Germany 6 January 2017 https://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/06/europe/amri-multiple-identities/ CNN 6 January 2017 7 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170107005314/http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/06/europe/amri-multiple-identities/ live The German CID warned in March 2016 that he was planning a suicide attack and recommended immediate deportation. However, the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia ruled that he could not be deported.Justin Huggler 26 March 2017 German police warned Anis Amri was planning a suicide attack nine months before Berlin Christmas market massacre https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/26/german-police-warned-anis-amri-planning-suicide-attack-nine/ 30 March 2017 The Telegraph 30 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170330042945/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/26/german-police-warned-anis-amri-planning-suicide-attack-nine/ live In Germany he was involved in a bar brawl and drug dealing; later he was involved in a knife attack over drugs in July 2016 and disappeared after police tried to question him.Connolly Kate 21 December 2016 market attack Berlin attack suspect Anis Amri had been on watchlist since January https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/21/berlin-attack-suspect-anis-amri-under-monitoring-since-january?CMP=twt_a-world_b-gdnworld 21 December 2016 The Guardian Three weeks before the attack, Moroccan intelligence warned Germany about the terrorist attack planned by him.Porter Tom 23 December 2016 Morocco 'warned Germany of Anis Amri terror threat weeks before Berlin attack' http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/morocco-warned-germany-anis-amri-terror-threat-weeks-before-berlin-attack-1597949 24 December 2016 25 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161225080650/http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/morocco-warned-germany-anis-amri-terror-threat-weeks-before-berlin-attack-1597949 live He had started spending more time in Berlin before the attack and was being closely monitored, but showed no signs of planning a terrorist attack, according to a report submitted by the German Interior Minister to the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia. German authorities were seeking to deport him at the time of the attack, but the legal requirements had not been met because Tunisia initially denied that Amri was their citizen, although documents confirming it arrived in Germany after the attack.(now) Haroon Siddique (earlier) Matthew Weaver 21 December 2016 Berlin attack: Germany issues European arrest warrant for new suspect – as it happened The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2016/dec/21/berlin-attack-police-suspect-christmas-market-live-updates 8 January 2017 A few minutes after the attack, a surveillance camera spotted him at Berlin Zoologischer Garten railway station which is close to the Christmas market. At the station, he turned to the camera and raised a finger, a gesture commonly used by Islamists.4 January 2017 Berlin Truck Attacker Raised Finger in IS Salute After Hitting Market http://www.lse.co.uk/AllNews.asp?code=il4498ju&headline=Berlin_Truck_Attacker_Raised_Finger_In_IS_Salute_After_Hitting_Market 8 January 2017 lse.co.uk 9 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170109024340/http://www.lse.co.uk/AllNews.asp?code=il4498ju&headline=Berlin_Truck_Attacker_Raised_Finger_In_IS_Salute_After_Hitting_Market live He later left Germany, travelling to the Netherlands, Belgium and France before reaching Italy.Dearden Lizzie 4 January 2016 Berlin Christmas market attack: Tunisian man who dined with Anis Amri on eve of massacre arrested as probe continues The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/berlin-christmas-market-lorry-attack-isis-anis-amri-tunisian-man-arrested-accomplice-investigation-a7510306.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/berlin-christmas-market-lorry-attack-isis-anis-amri-tunisian-man-arrested-accomplice-investigation-a7510306.html 1 May 2022 subscription live On 23 December at around 03:00 CET, Amri was killed in a shootout with police in front of the railway station in Sesto San Giovanni near Milan.29 December 2016 Hundreds attend funeral of Polish driver killed in Berlin terror attack The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/30/hundreds-attend-funeral-polish-driver-killed-berlin-terror-attack/ 29 December 2016 30 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161230215345/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/30/hundreds-attend-funeral-polish-driver-killed-berlin-terror-attack/ live He had just arrived by train from Chambéry, France (via Turin). During a routine patrol, two police officers asked to search his backpack after he said he did not have any identity documents. Amri pulled out a gun and shot one of the officers in the shoulder; the other officer shot Amri dead.Faiola Anthony Mekhennet Souad Pitrelli Stefano 23 December 2016 ISIS-linked news agency releases video of Berlin attacker swearing allegiance to the radical group https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/new-terror-attack-thwarted-say-german-police/2016/12/23/7ea61604-c8e7-11e6-85b5-76616a33048d_story.html 23 December 2016 Washington PostBonini Carlo Pisa Massimo L'attentatore di Berlino Anis Amri ucciso a Sesto: ha urlato "Allah Akbar" it repubblica.it http://milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2016/12/23/news/sparatoria_sesto_san_giovanni-154711759/ 23 December 2016 24 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161224030222/http://milano.repubblica.it/cronaca/2016/12/23/news/sparatoria_sesto_san_giovanni-154711759/ live23 December 2016 Berlin attack suspect Anis Amri killed in Milan https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38415287 23 December 2016 BBC 23 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161223102755/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38415287 live The Italian Minister of the Interior, Marco Minniti, stated that a policeman had been hospitalized with a shoulder injury.Bremer Jörg Ripperger und Anna-Lena Innenminister bestätigt: Amri in Italien erschossen de Faz.net https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/anschlag-in-berlin/innenminister-bestaetigt-amri-in-italien-erschossen-14589001.html 2016-12-23 On the same day, Amaq released a video of Amri pledging allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of ISIL. German officials confirmed that Amri's fingerprints matched those found in the inside of the truck.23 December 2016 Fingerprints in truck indicate Berlin massacre suspect was behind wheel http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/23/world/crime-legal-world/fingerprints-truck-indicate-berlin-massacre-suspect-behind-wheel/#.WF1pEhsrKM9 23 December 2016 The Japan Times On 28 December, German prosecutors said they had detained a 40-year-old Tunisian man, who they thought may have been involved in the attack. Amri had saved the number of this man in his phone.28 December 2016 Berlin attack: Tunisian man arrested in connection with Christmas market tragedy The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/berlin-attack-latest-tunisian-man-arrested-christmas-market-anis-amri-a7498811.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/berlin-attack-latest-tunisian-man-arrested-christmas-market-anis-amri-a7498811.html 1 May 2022 subscription live 30 December 2016 Prosecutors stated the next day that he had been released after investigations revealed that he was not a suspected contact of Amri. They also confirmed that the attacker had sent a mobile phone voice message and a picture to a contact shortly before carrying out the attack.29 December 2016 Tunisian suspect in Berlin truck attack freed: prosecutors https://www.thelocal.de/20161229/tunisian-suspect-in-germany-truck-attack-freed-prosecutors 1 January 2017 The Local 1 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170101162626/https://www.thelocal.de/20161229/tunisian-suspect-in-germany-truck-attack-freed-prosecutors live The German police raided the homes of two suspected associates on 3 January 2017, including a 26-year-old Tunisian man they suspected of being in contact with Amri and knowing about the attack as well as a former flatmate of Amri.3 January 2017 Police raid Berlin homes linked to market attacker Anis Amri http://www.dw.com/en/police-raid-berlin-homes-linked-to-market-attacker-anis-amri/a-36993827 4 January 2017 Agence France-Presse Deutsche Welle 3 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170103234643/http://www.dw.com/en/police-raid-berlin-homes-linked-to-market-attacker-anis-amri/a-36993827 live The Tunisian suspect who was suspected of either planning the attack or knowing about it was detained with federal prosecutors stating that he had known Amri since the end of 2015, had met him a day before the attack and both had "very intense conversations". Amri's former flatmate was also being investigated and the attacker had tried to contact him twice on 19 December.4 January 2017 Berlin truck attack: Man held who had dinner with killer Amri https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38505547 5 January 2017 BBC Deutsche Welle 5 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170105000536/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38505547 live6 January 2017 Police delve into Berlin attack suspect's potential Swiss links http://www.dw.com/en/police-delve-into-berlin-attack-suspects-potential-swiss-links/a-37044366 7 January 2017 Deutsche-Welle 8 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170108094719/http://www.dw.com/en/police-delve-into-berlin-attack-suspects-potential-swiss-links/a-37044366 live Italian police confirmed on 4 January that the gun used in the attack, a .22-caliber Erma Model EP552S pistol (Walther PPK clone), matched the one found on Amri.Fuller George 4 January 2017 Gun used in Berlin Christmas attack matches one found on Anis Amri The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/04/gun-used-berlin-christmas-attack-matches-one-found-anis-amri/ 7 January 2017 7 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170107163516/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/04/gun-used-berlin-christmas-attack-matches-one-found-anis-amri/ live ZDF reported on 6 January that he might have acquired the gun in Switzerland and lived there for a prolonged period of time whose length investigators were trying to determine. Swiss prosecutors meanwhile opened a case related to the attack.6 January 2017 Report reveals Berlin attacker's links to Switzerland Independent Online http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/report-reveals-berlin-attackers-links-to-switzerland-7344767 7 January 2017 7 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170107095814/http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/report-reveals-berlin-attackers-links-to-switzerland-7344767 live The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland later confirmed that he had spent some time in the country while the German police were investigating whether the gun was acquired by him there. Investigators stated on 18 January that the gun was imported legally into Switzerland in the 1990s, but it remained unclear what happened to it afterwards as it didn't appear in the weapons registers of cantons of Switzerland and there was no national weapons register at the time.18 January 2017 Gun used by Berlin attacker imported to Switzerland in 1990s http://www.whig.com/article/20170118/AP/301189807# dead https://web.archive.org/web/20170120040758/http://www.whig.com/article/20170118/AP/301189807 20 January 2017 20 January 2017 The Associated Press Herald-Whig18 January 2017 Gun used by Berlin attacker imported to Switzerland in 1990s https://www.foxnews.com/world/gun-used-by-berlin-attacker-imported-to-switzerland-in-1990s/ 26 January 2017 The Associated Press Fox News 12 April 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190412070423/https://www.foxnews.com/world/gun-used-by-berlin-attacker-imported-to-switzerland-in-1990s live On 24 December, Tunisian authorities arrested three men suspected of terrorist links including Amri's nephew. They stated that Amri had urged his nephew to join ISIL and had sent him money to travel to Europe. Tunisian Interior Ministry stated that he had also told him that he was the emir or leader of a German jihadist group called "Abu al-Walaa brigade".24 December 2016 Berlin market attack: Anis Amri's nephew arrested in Tunisia The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/24/berlin-market-attack-anis-amris-nephew-arrested-in-tunisia 11 January 2017 Another person was announced to have been arrested on 7 January in Tunisia in relation to the case. However all four were released on the next day as they weren't found to have links to the attack or any terrorist group.8 January 2017 Suspects arrested in Tunisia not linked to Berlin attack https://www.thelocal.de/20170108/suspects-arrested-in-tunisia-not-linked-to-berlin-attack 11 January 2017 The Local 9 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170109135842/https://www.thelocal.de/20170108/suspects-arrested-in-tunisia-not-linked-to-berlin-attack live Italy's Interior Ministry announced on 12 March that it had deported a 37-year-old Tunisian man whose telephone number was in Amri's contact list. The ministry stated that he had been in contact with the attacker and his number was also linked to a Facebook profile supporting jihadist ideology where he connected with supporters of ISIL. It added that he was living in Latina where he associated with fellow extremists who opposed a moderate imam at a local mosque.13 March 2017 Italy deports Tunisian with links to Berlin market attacker Anis Amri http://www.dw.com/en/italy-deports-tunisian-with-links-to-berlin-market-attacker-anis-amri/a-37910648 13 March 2017 Deutsche-Welle13 March 2017 Italy deports terror suspect linked to Berlin attacker https://www.thelocal.it/20170313/italy-deports-terror-suspect-who-was-in-contact-with-berlin-attacker 13 March 2017 The Local 13 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170313140507/https://www.thelocal.it/20170313/italy-deports-terror-suspect-who-was-in-contact-with-berlin-attacker live In late-March, Turkey arrested more than six men allegedly linked to Amri.20 March 2017 Turkey: 3 suspects held over links to Berlin attack http://aa.com.tr/en/europe/turkey-3-suspects-held-over-links-to-berlin-attack/775549 23 March 2017 Anadolu Agency20 March 2017 Turkish court holds 2 suspects in Berlin truck attack http://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/turkish-court-holds-2-suspects-in-berlin-truck-attack-2632070 23 March 2017 Yeni Şafak 23 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170323233256/http://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/turkish-court-holds-2-suspects-in-berlin-truck-attack-2632070 live Amri's friends Six individuals including some friends of Amri's were arrested on 8 April 2018 for planning a knife attack on a sports event in Berlin. The main suspect was under police surveillance.Behrendt Michael 2018-04-08 Festnahme: Polizei verhindert Terroranschlag auf Berliner Halbmarathon https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article175256562/Festnahme-Polizei-verhindert-Terroranschlag-auf-Berliner-Halbmarathon.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20180411215117/https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article175256562/Festnahme-Polizei-verhindert-Terroranschlag-auf-Berliner-Halbmarathon.html 11 April 2018 2018-04-08 DIE WELT They were all released after no evidence was found that they were planning a terror attack.German Police Forced to Release Men Suspected of Plotting Attack on Berlin Marathon http://time.com/5233173/germany-berlin-marathon-terror-plot/ dead Time en https://web.archive.org/web/20180411001712/http://time.com/5233173/germany-berlin-marathon-terror-plot/ 11 April 2018 2018-04-25 Defective investigation and obstruction of justice On 17 May 2017 the Interior Ministry of Berlin stated that already in November 2016 intelligence was given that Anis Amri was involved in criminal offenses concerning drug trafficking. On this basis authorities would have been able to apprehend Amri already at the time, but they did not. An investigation was launched to find out to what extent this information was withheld by the State Criminal Police Office of Berlin after the attack happened."Hat das LKA im Fall Amri Fehler verschleiert? " https://web.archive.org/web/20200930200916/https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/berliner-senat-beschuldigt-lka-der-strafvereitelung-im-fall-amri-15020618.html 30 September 2020 , (German) retrieved 4 June 2017. Several days later, while the investigation for obstruction of justice was still going on, a speaker of the Interior Ministry said that manipulations of the file of Amri have been carried out by officers of the criminal investigation department after the attack."Weitere Manipulationen an Akte Amri", (German) retrieved 4 June 2017. On 22 May 2017 a commission of inquiry was initiated starting in July. Meanwhile, a special prosecutor was appointed to the case."Im Fall Anis Amri ermittelt nun ein Untersuchungsausschuss", (German) retrieved 4 June 2017. In addition to the ongoing investigation concerning manipulations of the file and withholding of information, national TV reported on 1 June, that officers who were ordered by an investigating judge in Berlin to observe Amri until October 2016 for criminal offenses and possible terrorist links did not do so and instead included untrue records regarding observing actions in his file."LKA-Beamter täuschte Amri-Observation vor", (German) retrieved 4 June 2017. Reactions thumb|Candlelight memorial near the scene of the attack thumb|"Goldener Riss" memorial as of 2018, marking where the truck came to a stop Many world leaders offered condolences to Germany and the victims of the attack.http://europe.newsweek.com/berlin-attack-germany-angela-merkel-vladimir-putin-world-leader-reactions-afd-534118?rm=eu How World Leaders Reacted to the Berlin Attack Gidda Mirren 20 December 2016 Newsweek 21 December 2016 21 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161221234439/http://europe.newsweek.com/berlin-attack-germany-angela-merkel-vladimir-putin-world-leader-reactions-afd-534118?rm=eu live National and international right-wing politicians and commentators blamed the attack partly on German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her policy of accepting an unlimited number of asylum seekers and migrants.http://www.independent.ie/world-news/germanys-angela-merkel-says-no-numbers-limits-to-right-to-asylum-31504442.html Germany's Angela Merkel says no numbers limits to right to asylum 2015-09-05 Irish Independent 2016-05-01 10 June 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160610114438/http://www.independent.ie/world-news/germanys-angela-merkel-says-no-numbers-limits-to-right-to-asylum-31504442.html live "Czech finance minister says 'no place' for migrants in Europe". Reuters. 20 December 2016.Joffe Josef After Berlin, Angela Merkel's open door to migrants might slam shut the Guardian 20 December 2016 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/20/angela-merkel-open-door-migrants-berlin-christmas-market-attack-refugee 21 December 2016Worley Will 19 December 2016 German MP blames Angela Merkel for suspected terror attack in Berlin https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/berlin-attack-angela-merkel-german-mp-blames-chancellor-for-lorry-deaths-latest-a7485486.html subscription live https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/berlin-attack-angela-merkel-german-mp-blames-chancellor-for-lorry-deaths-latest-a7485486.html 1 May 2022 21 December 2016 The IndependentHjelmgaard Kim Berlin attack puts pressure on Angela Merkel's political survival USA Today 20 December 2016 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/12/20/berlin-attack-piles-pressure-germanys-merkel-over-her-refugee-stance/95644704/ 21 December 2016 22 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161222053013/http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/12/20/berlin-attack-piles-pressure-germanys-merkel-over-her-refugee-stance/95644704/ live Oltermann Philip Deadly attack on German soil is worst fear for Angela Merkel The Guardian 20 December 2016 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/20/angela-merkel-supporters-fears-berlin-attack 21 December 2016Reilly Katie How Europe's Rightwing Populists Reacted to Berlin Christmas Market Attack Time 20 December 2016 https://time.com/4607711/europe-rightwing-populist-berlin-attack/ 21 December 2016 20 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220161714/http://time.com/4607711/europe-rightwing-populist-berlin-attack/ live Euroskeptic politicians also condemned the lack of border checks under the Schengen system for allowing the perpetrator to travel freely through several countries after the attack.European far right calls for end to open borders after Berlin suspect shot. The Guardian. 23 December 2016. By contrast, several other national and international political commentators praised what they described as the cool-headed reaction of the Merkel administration.http://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2016-12/internationale-medien-berlin-anschlag-weihnachtsmarkt Internationale Medien zu Berlin: 'Merkel sollte standhaft bleiben – was immer der Preis ist' 21 December 2016 zeit.de Die Zeit dehttps://www.merkur.de/politik/anschlag-in-berlin-csu-scheuer-verteidigt-horst-seehofers-forderung-zr-7154744.html "Nicht pietätlos": Scheuer verteidigt Seehofers Flüchtlingsaussage 21 December 2016 merkur.de de 22 December 2016 21 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161222235605/https://www.merkur.de/politik/anschlag-in-berlin-csu-scheuer-verteidigt-horst-seehofers-forderung-zr-7154744.html livehttp://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/editorial-on-the-suspected-berlin-terror-attack-a-1126762.html Commentary on the Berlin Attack: Our Strength Spiegel Online, Hamburg Germany Der Spiegel 20 December 2016 spiegel.de 21 December 2016 21 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161221141246/http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/editorial-on-the-suspected-berlin-terror-attack-a-1126762.html livehttps://www.ft.com/content/346c7412-c6ca-11e6-9043-7e34c07b46ef The Berlin attack calls for strength and calm. German lives and values are under attack. Protect them both Financial Times 20 December 2016 FT.comhttp://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-criticised-response-berlin-attack-compared-unfavourably-obama-1597480 Trump criticised for response to Berlin attack and compared unfavourably with Obama Harriet Sinclair 20 December 2016 .ibtimes.co.uk 21 December 2016 21 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161221130409/http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-criticised-response-berlin-attack-compared-unfavourably-obama-1597480 livehttps://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/angela-merkel-berlin-christmas-market-afd-far-right-populism-refugees-a7486426.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/angela-merkel-berlin-christmas-market-afd-far-right-populism-refugees-a7486426.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Angela Merkel should not be blamed for the massacre at the Berlin Christmas market 20 December 2016 independent.co.ukhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/21/berlin-christmas-market-terror-angela-merkel Amid the bloody carnage left by hate, Angela Merkel is a beacon of sanity 21 December 2016 The Guardian Perkins Anne The editorial board of The New York Times wrote that it was "dangerous" to blame German refugee policy without waiting for facts about the identity of the attacker to emerge.https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/20/opinion/a-cruel-test-for-germany-and-for-europe.html A Cruel Test for Germany, and Europe 21 December 2016 The New York Times A petition to award Urban the Bundesverdienstkreuz had gathered over 2,500 signatures by the afternoon of 22 December."Calls for Polish truck driver killed in Berlin to receive order of merit". The Guardian. 22 December 2016. A donation page to support his family was set up on GoFundMe and collected more than €110,000 by 23 December by British truck driver Dave Duncan.Berlin attack: Crowdfunding appeal for murdered Polish driver passes £110,000 The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/berlin-attack-polish-truck-driver-murdered-chistmas-market-crowdfund-appeal-family-passes-a7492791.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/berlin-attack-polish-truck-driver-murdered-chistmas-market-crowdfund-appeal-family-passes-a7492791.html 1 May 2022 subscription live 23 December 2016 4 January 2017 He was officially thanked by Polish Ambassador to the United Kingdom Arkady Rzegocki at a ceremony at Embassy of Poland, London on 9 January 2017.Berlin attack: Fundraising trucker thanked by Poland BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-38549555 9 January 2016 14 January 2017 Polish authorities provided funds for the delivery of Urban to his family as well as the costs of the funeral and the family of Urban received a state pension. German authorities refused to reimburse the value of the destroyed truck which belonged to a company run by Urban's cousin.https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/deutschland/id_84958206/berlin-attentat-am-breitscheidplatz-lkw-besitzer-kaempft-um-entschaedigung.html Lkw-Besitzer spricht von Kampf "David gegen Goliath" www.t-online.de 18 December 2018 de 2018-12-29 Muslims and Christians in Berlin held a vigil in solidarity with the victims of the attack.Muslime zeigen Solidarität mit Opfern von Berlin https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article160483287/Muslime-zeigen-Solidaritaet-mit-Opfern-von-Berlin.html Die Welt 21 December 2016 22 December 2016 de Kaiser Tobias 22 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161222223750/https://www.welt.de/vermischtes/article160483287/Muslime-zeigen-Solidaritaet-mit-Opfern-von-Berlin.html live Berlin lorry attack: Muslim community holds vigil for victims https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-38389333 BBC News 21 December 2016 22 December 2016 22 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161222061003/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38389333 live Berlin's Muslim community sends message of peace and solidarity after Christmas market attack https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/berlin-attack-muslim-community-germany-message-peace-solidarity-christmas-market-a7488571.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/berlin-attack-muslim-community-germany-message-peace-solidarity-christmas-market-a7488571.html 1 May 2022 subscription live The Independent 21 December 2016 22 December 2016 The funeral of Urban was held on 30 December at the Polish village of Banie and was attended by hundreds of people including President of Poland Andrzej Duda.Hundreds attend funeral of Polish lorry driver killed in Berlin attack The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/hundreds-mourners-attend-funeral-berlin-attack-christmas-market-polish-lorry-driver-killed-lukasz-a7502481.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/hundreds-mourners-attend-funeral-berlin-attack-christmas-market-polish-lorry-driver-killed-lukasz-a7502481.html 1 May 2022 subscription live 30 December 2016 4 January 2017 The German government reformed its security rules in response to the attack. Among the proposals in the anti-terror plan were easing the deportations of rejected asylum seekers, increasing surveillance of those to be deported and those considered to be terror risks, limiting movement of some asylum seekers within Germany, using electronic tags on those deemed terror threats without a trial, lengthening the period suspects can be held in custody and limiting development aid to countries that don't cooperate in deportation processes.Merkel Coalition Agrees on Anti-Terror Plan After Berlin Attack Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-10/merkel-coalition-agrees-on-anti-terror-plan-after-berlin-attack Bloomberg L.P. 10 January 2017 11 January 2017 11 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170111143902/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-10/merkel-coalition-agrees-on-anti-terror-plan-after-berlin-attack live Terror suspects could be forced to wear electronic tags under radical proposal from German justice minister https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/09/terror-suspects-could-forced-wear-electronic-tags-radical-proposal/ The Telegraph 9 January 2017 11 January 2017 Huggler Justin 11 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170111071807/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/09/terror-suspects-could-forced-wear-electronic-tags-radical-proposal/ live President of Tunisia Beji Caid Essebsi meanwhile stated that Europe "must be calm", vowing to take responsibility for the attacks, but insisted that it was necessary to verify citizenship before accepting deportations.Tunisia vows to 'take responsibility' after Berlin attack https://www.thelocal.de/20170112/tunis-vows-to-assume-responsibility-after-berlin-attack The Local 12 January 2017 14 January 2017 13 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170113153934/https://www.thelocal.de/20170112/tunis-vows-to-assume-responsibility-after-berlin-attack live Tunis vows to 'assume responsibility' after Berlin attack https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/2061680/tunis-vows-assume-responsibility-after-berlin-attack South China Morning Post 12 January 2017 14 January 2017 14 January 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170114000551/http://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/2061680/tunis-vows-assume-responsibility-after-berlin-attack live The Bundestag passed a new surveillance law on 9 March in response to the attack as well as other attacks that occurred in Germany in 2016. The law gives priority to public safety when deciding on whether to permit installation of video surveillance in some locations and makes it easier for private companies to install these systems in public places. It also voted for allowing the Federal Police to install surveillance systems for reading and registering licence plate numbers.German Bundestag greenlights further surveillance measures http://www.dw.com/en/german-bundestag-greenlights-further-surveillance-measures/a-37878350 Deutsche Welle 9 March 2017 13 March 2017 13 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170313010049/http://www.dw.com/en/german-bundestag-greenlights-further-surveillance-measures/a-37878350 live Aftermath Islam in Germany#Salafism In February 2017, the German Salafist mosque organisation Berliner Fussilet-Moscheeverein was banned by authorities. Amri was said to be among its visitors. In March 2017, the German Muslim community organisation Deutschsprachige Islamkreis Hildesheim was also banned after investigators found that its members were preparing to travel to the conflict zone in Syria to fight for the Islamic State. According to the Federal Agency for Civic Education, these examples show that Salafist mosques not only concern themselves with religious matters, but also prepare serious crimes and terrorist activities.http://www.bpb.de/politik/extremismus/islamismus/268726/orte-der-islamistischen-radikalisierung Orte der islamistischen Radikalisierung bpb Jaschke Hans-Gerd bpb.de 2018-12-01 de 2 December 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181202024714/http://www.bpb.de/politik/extremismus/islamismus/268726/orte-der-islamistischen-radikalisierung live In preparation for the Christmas market 2018, the Breitscheidplatz square and its surrounding were fortified against further terrorist attacks.https://www.rbb24.de/politik/beitrag/2018/11/berlin-breitscheidplatz-weihnachtsmarkt-sicherheit-barrieren-terror.html Advent hinter Gitterkörben www.rbb24.de de 2018-12-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20190728082938/https://www.rbb24.de/politik/beitrag/2018/11/berlin-breitscheidplatz-weihnachtsmarkt-sicherheit-barrieren-terror.html 28 July 2019 deadhttps://www.rbb24.de/politik/beitrag/2018/11/berlin-weihnachtsmaerkte-sicherheitskonzepte-ueberfahrtaten.html Wie Berlins Weihnachtsmärkte ihre Besucher schützen www.rbb24.de de 2018-12-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20190801002304/https://www.rbb24.de/politik/beitrag/2018/11/berlin-weihnachtsmaerkte-sicherheitskonzepte-ueberfahrtaten.html 1 August 2019 dead On the fourth anniversary in December 2020, a ceremony, which was attended by survivors and relatives of the victims, was held at the Breitscheidplatz to commemorate those killed in the attack. The archbishop of Berlin Heiner Koch said in his prayers that Berlin "was not the same as before".Zwölf Glockenschläge für die Terroropfer vom Breitscheidplatz https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/beitrag/2020/12/stilles-gedenken-opfer-breitscheidplatz-berlin-terror.html 2021-06-13 www.rbb24.de de 13 June 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210613071346/https://www.rbb24.de/panorama/beitrag/2020/12/stilles-gedenken-opfer-breitscheidplatz-berlin-terror.html dead Timeline of events 49 00 00 N 9 00 00 E 5 450 350 A map of Amri's movements in the days following the attack n-square red white top 12 black 20 52 31 00 N 13 23 20 E Berlin Nijmegen right 12 black 20 51 51 N 5 52 E Nijmegen Lyon top 45 46 N 4 50 E Lyon Chambéry bottom 45 34 00 N 5 54 42 E Chambéry left 45 04 N 7 42 E Torino 45 28 N 9 11 E Milano 19 December 2016 – Polish lorry driver Łukasz Urban, 37, has his vehicle hijacked in the heart of Berlin. Shortly after 20:00 local time – The hijacked truck veers into a traditional Christmas market in the shadow of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. Eleven people are killed, Urban is found stabbed and shot dead in the cabin. Shortly after the attack, a 23-year-old Pakistani asylum-seeker is arrested nearby based on a description by a witness who had attempted to chase the attacker but lost sight of him. 20 December 2016 – Following 24 hours of confusion, the Pakistani suspect is released by police as no evidence could be found that would link the man to the attack. Police state they believe the actual attacker to still be at large, possibly armed and dangerous. 21 December 2016 – Anis Amri, a Tunisian man with connections to ISIL, whose asylum request to Germany had been rejected, http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/a-1126946.html Germany Orders Manhunt for Tunisian Suspect 21 December 2016 Spiegel Online GmbH 26 December 2016 26 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161226221923/http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/a-1126946.html live is announced as the new chief suspect after his documents were reportedly found in the wreckage of the hijacked lorry. He is said to have been using six different names under three different nationalities. Later in the day, a reward of up to €100,000 (£85,000) is offered by German authorities for information leading to Amri's arrest. The country's security is placed under fresh scrutiny following revelations that covert surveillance of the 24-year-old Amri had been discontinued after more than six months, due to police finding nothing to substantiate an initial tip-off. 19–22 December 2016 – Amri likely travelled to Nijmegen, the Netherlands, where it is thought he took a bus to the Lyon-Part-Dieu train station in France. He then took a train from Lyon, via Chambéry, France, to Milan, Italy, via the Italian city of Turin.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38452595 Berlin truck attack: Tunisian 'linked to Anis Amri' held 2016-12-28 BBC News en-GB 2016-12-28 19 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181119200929/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38452595 live 22 December 2016 – Amri's brother Abdelkader urges Amri to turn himself in, adding that his family "dissociate" themselves from him. The spokeswoman for Germany's federal prosecutor office announces that the fingerprints of Amri had been discovered on the outside of the truck, the driver's door and the vertical support beam in its window area.Oltermann Philip 22 December 2016 Fingerprints in Berlin truck match those of suspect Anis Amri https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/22/police-raid-flats-in-search-for-berlin-truck-attack-suspect-anis-amri 30 December 2016 The Guardian 23 December 2016 – 1 am – Amri arrives at the Central Station of Milan, Italy, via Turin. 3 am – Italian Police on a routine patrol in Sesto San Giovanni spot a "very suspicious" male walking through the city center. After being approached by the officers and asked to provide identification documents, the man draws a fire-arm from his backpack and begins shooting. In the ensuing shootout one police officer is injured and the suspect, later identified as Amri, is killed. 10 am – Italian interior minister Marco Minniti holds a morning press conference to announce, with "no doubt", that Italian police had shot and killed the Berlin terrorism suspect.Louise Burke Patrick Sawer, Josephine McKenna in Milan, Louise Osborne in Berlin (23 December 2016). Berlin attack suspect 'pledged allegiance to Isil', as questions raised over how he travelled 1,000 miles across Europe before he was shot dead by police in Milan – The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 December 2016. Amaq releases a video of Amri pledging allegiance to ISIL during the day. 29 December 2016 – Prosecutors confirm the attacker sent a voice message and a picture to a contact before the attack. 4 January 2017 – A 26-year-old Tunisian man who knew Amri since late 2015 and met him a day before the attack is detained. German police state they are investigating him as well as Amri's former flatmate. Italian police confirm gun used in attack matches the one on Amri. 10 March 2017 – Italian Interior Ministry announces that it has deported a 37-year-old Tunisian man linked to Amri. 19 September 2018 – Italian authorities deported a Tunisian imam who had been sentenced to jail for armed robbery and drug trafficking. He had spread radical propaganda in the prison and celebrated the actions of Amri in the prison located in Rebibbia. He was moved from the prison to a detention centre and then put on a plane to Cairo.http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/cronache/imam-espulso-dall-italia-carcere-rebibbia-inneggiava-1578351.html Imam espulso dall'Italia: dal carcere di Rebibbia inneggiava al terrorismo ilGiornale.it 2018-10-02 it See also Germany List of Islamist terrorist attacks List of massacres in Germany List of terrorist incidents in December 2016 Terrorism in Europe Terrorism in France Terrorism in Germany 2018 Münster attack 2018-2019 Bottrop and Essen car attack 2020 Volkmarsen attack 2020 Trier attack 2021 Waukesha Christmas parade attack, vehicle-ramming attack at a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin. 2022 Berlin car attack 2024 Magdeburg car attack 2026 Berlin Pride attack right References Germany Truck attack Category:2016 murders in Germany Category:Czech people murdered abroad Category:Ukrainian people murdered abroad Category:2016 road incidents in Europe Category:Charlottenburg Category:Christmas in Germany Category:December 2016 crimes in Europe Category:December 2016 in Germany Category:Hijackings in Europe Category:Islamic State terrorist incidents in Germany Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2016 Category:Attacks during Christmas celebrations Category:Christmas markets Category:Marketplace attacks in Europe Category:Anti-Christian sentiment Category:Massacres in Germany Category:Murders by motor vehicle Category:Refugees in Germany 2016 truck attack Category:Terrorist incidents in Germany in 2016 Category:Terrorist incidents involving vehicular attacks in Europe Category:Third Merkel cabinet Category:Vehicle-ramming attacks in Germany Category:2010s vehicle-ramming attacks Category:Hijackings in 2016 Category:2016 mass murders Category:21st-century mass murders in Germany Category:2010s murders in Berlin Category:Polish people murdered abroad