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| 9 dead, multiple injured as truck plows into Christmas market in Berlin in likely terrorist attack | |
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| A truck has ploughed into a Christmas market in western Berlin killing nine and injuring several people, according to police. | |
| “We can confirm nine fatalities & many injured. A lot of our colleagues are at #Breitscheidplatz to investigate the background,” a message on the official police Twitter account said. | |
| A police spokesperson told German media that they are treating the truck incident in Berlin as a terrorist attack. | |
| “It looked like [it was done] on purpose,” a police officer who witnessed the incident told Berliner Zeitung. | |
| Police said that “numerous” people had been injured, but there is presently no information on potential fatalities. According to a spokesperson of Berlin Fire Department, “around 50” received injuries. | |
| The cause of the incident is not yet clear. | |
| Police evacuated the Christmas market and sealed it off. Law enforcement also set up a special area for the relatives of those injured, local media reported. | |
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