What fresh hell is going on in Berlin?
— ?Ash ? (@crookedtownie) December 19, 2016
Multiple outlets are reporting that at least one person has died — and many more are injured — after a truck driver plowed into a crowd at a Christmas market in Berlin:
At least one person killed after lorry ploughs into Christmas market in Berlin, police sayhttps://t.co/aBIUasMWud
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) December 19, 2016
#BREAKING Several dead, at least 50 injured in Berlin market attack: police
— AFP news agency (@AFP) December 19, 2016
Report: Several dead, at least 50 hurt at #Berlin market. pic.twitter.com/fFuO9BBnFo
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 19, 2016
Nine dead so far. Many injured. https://t.co/PC4JeabqYB
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) December 19, 2016
ABC News confirms at least 9 dead when a truck slams into crowded Christmas market in Berlin, Germany.
— WGN Radio News (@WGNRadioNews) December 19, 2016
Video: One person has died and several have been injured as a lorry ploughed into a Christmas market in central Berlin, police say. pic.twitter.com/uAcM5kST7t
— Press TV (@PressTV) December 19, 2016
According to media, German police believe it may have been a deliberate attack:
Casualty numbers in what appears to be a deliberate vehicular attack in #Berlin has risen to at least 50 injured and "several" killed.
— Miriam Goldman Eps (@Miriam411) December 19, 2016
Lorry crash at Christmas market at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin is deliberate attack, German police say https://t.co/aBIUasMWud
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) December 19, 2016
#Berlin Christmas market crash looks like it was an attack, German police claimhttps://t.co/fe6LcBvx4S
— The Irish Times (@IrishTimes) December 19, 2016
Emma Rushton, who claims to have witnessed the alleged attack, describes the scene from her perspective:
"It wasn't an accident" says witness Emma Rushton who was at the Xmas market in Berlin when a lorry crashed into it https://t.co/ph1Qov6UNZ
— Sky News (@SkyNews) December 19, 2016
For what it’s worth:
https://twitter.com/Bridget_PJM/status/810938861375410177
Twitchy will continue to monitor the situation and update with further developments.
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
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Update:
Breaking on @AFP: Truck driver who ploughed into Berlin Xmas market is on the run #Breitscheidplatz
— Nina Lamparski (@ninaism) December 19, 2016
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Update:
Some outlets are now reporting that the driver’s been caught:
BERLIN (AP) – German police say driver of truck that rammed Christmas market in Berlin arrested near the scene.
— William Daroff (@Daroff) December 19, 2016
German media outlet @ZDFheute reports that a suspect of driving the truck that ploughed into the #Berlin Christmas market is in custody. https://t.co/1KIlrVoZiC
— DW News (@dwnews) December 19, 2016
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Update:
More from the Washington Times:
The Berlin police said the truck contained two men, one of whom “died on the spot.” A man suspected of being the driver “was arrested in the vicinity.”
“The backgrounds are still unclear,” the Berlin police wrote on Twitter in German.
The Twitter feed of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Force said that the Islamic State was claiming credit for the Berlin attack, based on jihadist accounts the IPMF tracks using encrypted technology.
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Update:
#BREAKING: #Berlin truck driver reportedly was refugee from #Pakistan: https://t.co/GZzJ8bg8NI
— The Washington Times (@WashTimes) December 19, 2016
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Update:
The death toll has risen to 12, with at least 48 hospitalized.
UPDATE: At least 12 are dead after truck plowed through crowd at a Christmas market in Berlin https://t.co/stvvczaNB9 pic.twitter.com/ZjYjizoiIg
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) December 20, 2016
The State Department has weighed in with a very brief official statement:
We are deeply saddened by horrendous events at a Christmas market in #Berlin. pic.twitter.com/41XJhW1iwV
— Morgan Ortagus (@statedeptspox) December 20, 2016
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