Germany - Truck crashes into Christmas market in Berlin, 9 dead, 19 Dec 2016

[ZaZara]

Bild, live blog

http://www.bild.de/regional/berlin/weihnachtsmarkt/lkw-rast-in-menschenmenge-49397292.bild.html


21.25 hrs
The truck has a Polish number plate.
The car of the alleged assassin has a Polish number plate, from the city of Gdansk. Several eyewitnesses described the perpetrator as Eastern European.

21.22 hrs
"An idiot has driven into the crowd!"
As a BILD reporter learned, one of his acquaintances was in the nearby Gedächtniskirche when the attack happened. When she came out, people were running away in all directions. A woman was crying and screaming, "An idiot has driven into the crowd!"


BBM

 

[LaborDayRN]

Horrible. Was reading about the Russian Ambassador being murdered then this...why so much hate in the world? We have such a beautiful world to inhabit, surely it's more difficult to choose hate than it is to choose love. SMH. Prayers for all those affected by the ripple effect of pain this will cause. So senseless.

Beautifully said Dogface. I couldn't agree more! Horrible.

 

[Jax49]

[h=1]Berlin Breitscheidplatz: Lorry kills nine at Christmas market[/h]
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38373867

 

[Elley Mae]

2 were in the truck, 0ne killed one possibly wounded in custody.

 

[cuffem]

These Christmas markets are all over Europe,Belgium,the UK,France and Holland.Authorities need to provide security.Last year in Brussels they had military and swat watching the markets.This was after the Paris shootings and there was a specific threat to the markets.It did not stop tourists from attending.

 

[Lyra500]

Horrible. Believed to be deliberate.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news

 

[cuffem]

Fox just said,driver who escaped,arrested,the other dead.

 

[Elley Mae]

Driver killed passenger arrested, FOX news



Around 50 others are thought to have been injured and the suspected driver has been arrested.

The co-driver reportedly died in the crash which happened at the popular market outside the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church.


http://news.sky.com/story/nine-die-in-lorry-attack-on-berlin-christmas-market-10702656

bbm

 

[Purplepixii]

:tears:

 

[dotr]

Nine people have been killed and at least 60 more injured after a truck rams into a busy crowd at one of Berlin's Christmas markets.

Police have detained a driver who is suspected of deliberately crashing his truck into a crowd at a busy Christmas market in the German capitol of Berlin. The second suspect who was in the truck is dead, according to law enforcement officials. The pair took lives of at least nine people and injured 60 in an attack that seems to resemble a horrific terrorist act in Nice, France. Police think that terrorism is the most plausible explanation.

Read more: https://sputniknews.com/world/201612191048760814-truck-crash-crowd-germany-market/

 

[ZaZara]

http://www.bild.de/regional/berlin/weihnachtsmarkt/lkw-rast-in-menschenmenge-49397292.bild.html

The driver fled after the action, meanwhile he was caught - the passenger in the truck was killed.

The driver would have been arrested on the Christmas market.

BBM

 

[Luvrosco]

Just awful. Heard on Fox tgere were two in cab of truck. One dead the other injured.

 

[skibaboo]

ZDF heute ‏@ZDFheute 12m12 minutes ago View translation
Winfried Wenzel (Ber. Polizei): „Nähe Tiergarten wurde Person festgenommen, die als Verdächtiger anzusehen ist, Fahrer des Lkw zu sein.“
Translated from German by Bing Wrong translation?
Winfried Wenzel (BER. Police): "Close to Tiergarten person was arrested, which is a suspect, to be the driver of the truck."

https://twitter.com/ZDFheute

 

[cuffem]

I am wondering if the one in the truck who died was shot by police or self inflicted?
Or maybe he hit the windshield on impact

 

[Gardenista]

[video=twitter;810948553669562372]https://twitter.com/WashTimes/status/810948553669562372[/video]

UPDATE ... #ISIS takes credit for fatal truck attack on #Berlin Christmas market - http://go.shr.lc/2h4FW0Z - @washtimes

 

[ZaZara]

Bild Live stream

Police is summoning inhabitants of Berlin to stay at home - they are not sure if all is clear

 

[ZaZara]

[video=twitter;810948553669562372]https://twitter.com/WashTimes/status/810948553669562372[/video]

UPDATE ... #ISIS takes credit for fatal truck attack on #Berlin Christmas market - http://go.shr.lc/2h4FW0Z - @washtimes

No names, no pledge, no credit!

 

[robin8]

I heard on Fox that they had a threat a few days ago.Nothing was done to secure these areas?

It seems not. A horrible prospect that even with some warning, this can happen, along with the other incidents today I don't doubt there will be more.

 

[ZaZara]

TRUCK COMPANY LOST CONTACT WITH DRIVER AROUND 16.00 HRS

http://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/char...w-rast-in-weihnachtsmarkt-am-breitscheidplatz

Polish media report that the contact with the driver of the transport company was interrupted at four o'clock. They speculate that the driver was hijacked.


BBM


Possibly, the dead passenger is the original truck driver :-(

 

[cuffem]

All of Europe should be on alert with the coming days of Christmas.All train stations and grand markets should be secured.