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German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Friday. She spoke hours after Italian officials confirmed that police had shot dead Anis Amri. Photo: Hannibal Hanschke /Reuters

Italy: Berlin Attack Suspect Killed

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 24, 2016 | World

Rome, Berlin- Anis Amri, the lead suspect in the attack on a Berlin Christmas market, has been shot, according to the Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti. “The man killed was without a shadow of doubt Anis Amri,” Minniti said in a news conference....

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(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on December 21, 2016 shows
a handout portrait released by German Federal Police Office (BKA) on December 21, 2016 showing two pictures of Tunisian man identified as Anis Amri, suspected of being involved in the Berlin Christmas market attack, that killed 12 people on December 19.

German police on December 21, 2016 launched a manhunt and requested an European arrest warrant for Anis Amri, a rejected asylum seeker suspected of involvement in a deadly truck assault on a Berlin Christmas market claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group.
German police on December 21, 2016 launched a manhunt and requested an European arrest warrant for Anis Amri, a rejected asylum seeker suspected of involvement in a deadly truck assault on a Berlin Christmas market claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group.
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Fingerprints in Truck Match those of Berlin Attack Suspect

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 23, 2016 | World

Berlin- Investigators found fingerprints of a Tunisian suspect in the Berlin Christmas market attack on the door of the truck that plowed through the crowds killing 12, German media said on Thursday. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack in which a truck...