ISIS Claims Responsibility for Berlin Christmas Truck Attack

The jihadist terrorist group Islamic State put out a statement Tuesday claiming responsibility for the truck attack that killed a dozen people at a Berlin Christmas market Monday.

According to the statement put out by ISIS’s Amaq News Agency, the as-of-yet unidentified attacker was a “soldier of the Islamic State.”

BREAKING: ISIS affiliated news agency claim Berlin attacker was a ‘soldier of the Islamic State’, cites ‘security sources’ pic.twitter.com/cQs57Uc1Y9

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Earlier this year, ISIS likewise claimed responsibility for the truck attack in Nice, France on Bastille Day that left 86 dead. The driver in that terrorist attack– Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel— prepared for several months with the help of fellow ISIS sympathizers.

German police arrested a Pakistani refugee in connection with the attack Monday, but have since released the man and announced he was no longer a suspect. The actual perpetrator is still at large.

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