2016 Berlin truck attack
attack at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin on 19 December 2016 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On 19 December 2016 at 20:02 Central European Time, a truck rammed into a crowd of people at a Christmas market in Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany. This killed 12 people and injured 49 others.[2] The original driver of the truck was found shot dead in the passenger seat.
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2016 Berlin truck attack | |
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Location | Breitscheidplatz, Berlin, Germany |
Date | 20 December 2016; 7 years ago (2016-12-20) 20:02 CET (UTC+01) |
Attack type | Vehicle-ramming attack, truck hijacking, stabbing, shooting, mass murder |
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Deaths | 13 (12 pedestrians,[lower-alpha 1] original truck driver by gunshot) |
Injured | 55 |
Perpetrator | ISIS |
Assailant | Anis Amri |
Motive | Retaliation for Germany support of War against the Islamic State |
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The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack.[3] The perpatrator was Anis Amri, a Tunisian asylum seeker. On 23 December 2016, Amri was shot dead by an Italian police officer in Sesto San Giovanni, Lombardy.[4][5][6] German police later confirmed that Amri's fingerprints were the same as those in the truck.