IS claims Berlin Christmas market attack
December 21, 2016 08:18
German police on Wednesday stepped up their hunt for the driver of a truck that rampaged through a Berlin Christmas market, in a deadly assault claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group.
The sole suspect -- a 23-year-old Pakistani asylum seeker -- was released late yesterday for lack of evidence, prompting worries of a killer on the loose and further rattling nerves in a shocked country.
The IS-linked Amaq news agency said 'a soldier of the Islamic State' carried out the Berlin carnage 'in response to appeals to target citizens of coalition countries'.
There was no evidence to back the claim, nor was the perpetrator identified
Twelve people were killed when the Polish-registered articulated truck ploughed into the crowded market on Monday, smashing wooden stalls and crushing victims. -- AFP
The sole suspect -- a 23-year-old Pakistani asylum seeker -- was released late yesterday for lack of evidence, prompting worries of a killer on the loose and further rattling nerves in a shocked country.
The IS-linked Amaq news agency said 'a soldier of the Islamic State' carried out the Berlin carnage 'in response to appeals to target citizens of coalition countries'.
There was no evidence to back the claim, nor was the perpetrator identified
Twelve people were killed when the Polish-registered articulated truck ploughed into the crowded market on Monday, smashing wooden stalls and crushing victims. -- AFP
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