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| Berlin attack live: German media claim police 'arrested wrong man', with armed terrorist still at large – latest updates | Berlin attack live: German media claim police 'arrested wrong man', with armed terrorist still at large – latest updates |
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| Police in Germany say they have detained a migrant in relation to the suspected Berlin Christmas market "terror attack" in which at least 12 people died and 48 were injured. | Police in Germany say they have detained a migrant in relation to the suspected Berlin Christmas market "terror attack" in which at least 12 people died and 48 were injured. |
| Officers are treating the incident, in which a truck ploughed into a crowd at the Breitscheidplatz market outside the Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church, as an act deliberately intended to cause harm. | Officers are treating the incident, in which a truck ploughed into a crowd at the Breitscheidplatz market outside the Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church, as an act deliberately intended to cause harm. |
| The alleged man behind the tragedy has since been identified as Naved B, according to Welt.de, a 23-year-old Pakistani refugee who was allegedly living in the capital's largest migrant camp at a converted airport hangar. | The alleged man behind the tragedy has since been identified as Naved B, according to Welt.de, a 23-year-old Pakistani refugee who was allegedly living in the capital's largest migrant camp at a converted airport hangar. |
| The suspect however has denied responsibility, according to security officials, while German Chancellor Angela Merkel said "we must assume it was terrorism". | |
| Special forces police have since stormed the same Flughen Tempelhof spot as part of their operation - according to German magazine Focus. | Special forces police have since stormed the same Flughen Tempelhof spot as part of their operation - according to German magazine Focus. |
| "Our investigators assume that the truck was deliberately steered into the crowd at the Christmas market at Breitscheidplatz," police said on Twitter. | "Our investigators assume that the truck was deliberately steered into the crowd at the Christmas market at Breitscheidplatz," police said on Twitter. |
| "All police measures related to the suspected terrorist attack... are progressing at full steam and with the necessary diligence." | "All police measures related to the suspected terrorist attack... are progressing at full steam and with the necessary diligence." |