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.
Eyewitnesses say the incident does not look like an accident.
Emma Rushton, who was at the market wrote on Twitter:We were enjoying the Xmas lights and mulled wine. We were sat, ready to get up,we heard a loud bang, we saw to our left Xmas lights torn down and we saw the top of an articulated lorry crashing through the stalls and through people.
We wanted to get out as soon as possible. We wanted to get to a safe place. From my opinion, it was going at 40mph, there was no road nearby and no signs it was slowing down. It did not feel like an accident. There was no way it could have come off like an accident, it was through the middle of the market. The story where mulled wine was being served was crushed. I saw people bleeding, lying in the pavement.
ZaZara, is it the driver that was killed?Sounds very deliberate.
According to Bild, the attacker got away and is on the run.
50 people have been injured.
http://www.bild.de/regional/berlin/weihnachtsmarkt/lkw-rast-in-menschenmenge-49397292.bild.html
According to Bild, the attacker got away and is on the run.
50 people have been injured.
http://www.bild.de/regional/berlin/weihnachtsmarkt/lkw-rast-in-menschenmenge-49397292.bild.html
terrifying, when it was reported on as a possible threat almost a month ago -
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...risk-terror-attacks-christmas-markets-europe/