Multiple people are dead and up to fifty injured after a truck plowed into a Christmas market in Berlin in what police have described as a “deliberate attack”.
BREAKING: Multiple people are dead, at least 50 hurt, in Berlin truck incident, police say https://t.co/1zGnyihsNu https://t.co/BSjMR1k6yM
— CNN (@CNN) December 19, 2016
Police have confirmed at least nine people have been killed, making this the second vehicle attack in Europe since the terrorist attack in Nice earlier this year. The incident took place a Breitscheidplatz, close to the Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church on the Kurfuerstendamm.
Visuals of the scene after the attack have emerged via videos and photographs taken by bystanders.
Lorry just ploughed through Christmas market in #berlin. There is no road nearby. People crushed. I am safe. I am safe pic.twitter.com/63iWMmdSKr
— Emma Rushton (@ERushton) December 19, 2016
Scene at the #Berlin Christmas market after semi truck plows into crowd. Several injured. pic.twitter.com/jG2L5uaLJZ
— Daniel Nisman (@DannyNis) December 19, 2016
According to local reports the driver has not yet been apprehended, and police have launched a manhunt. The incident took place just an hour after the shooting of a Russian ambassador by an off-duty policeman in Ankara.
We’ll keep you posted on this as details emerge.
Source: Twitter.
Photo: CNN.
