German Police Searching for Tunisian Suspect in Connection to Truck Terror Attack on Market
Sources say the suspect in deadly #Berlin attack had left personal documents in the truck that rammed into the market on Monday. @charliecbs pic.twitter.com/JXZ0xMLPoa
— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) December 21, 2016
German authorities are looking for a Tunisian man who they now believe was responsible for the terror attack that killed 12 people and injured almost 50 more earlier this week.
The urgency surrounding the carnage at a Christmas market in Berlin saw a major increase yesterday. Not only did German authorities release their initial suspect due to a lack of evidence connecting him to the crime, but also ISIS took credit for the devastation that took place at the market.
German media is now saying that police are pursuing Anis Amri after finding his asylum permit papers underneath the truck driver’s seat. Various reports have stated that Amri has a police record for previous violence and offenses, has a connection to pro-ISIS groups, is known to use false names, and is the subject of an investigation in North Rhine-Westphalia.
The Daily Mail says that this is Amri’s photograph.
Berlin masscare suspect Anis Amri is probably armed and ‘highly dangerous’, security sources say https://t.co/h3SASJKmDU pic.twitter.com/iidGKqFUmm
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) December 21, 2016
UPDATE – 12:30 p.m. ET: Here’s a picture of the wanted posters that German authorities are putting up.
German federal police release wanted poster of Berlin Christmas market suspect, identified as 24-year-old Anis Amri https://t.co/hcTQnZXKls pic.twitter.com/VWwox7zpv3
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) December 21, 2016
[Image via screengrab]
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