The document was in the name of ‘Anis A.’, born in Tunisia in 1992.
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Witnesses said victims were sent flying like bowling pins as the killer driver steered at them before jumping out of the truck and racing from the scene.
The truck belonged to a Polish freight company and its rightful driver was found dead in the vehicle. “We started to see the top of an articulated truck, a lorry … just crashing through the stalls, through people”.
The suspect was believed to be a 23-year-old Pakistani refugee identified as Naved B., but he reportedly has denied involvement, and now Berlin police are saying they are uncertain as to whether they have the correct suspect.
No evidence has emerged establishing a connection to the militant group, which has staged and inspired assaults across Europe and the United States. The attacker, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, had a history of mental stability and showed interest in ISIS propaganda in the immediate run-up to his massacre.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump condemned what he called an attack, linking it to “Islamist terrorists” before German police officials had said who was responsible.
French police linked that July 14 attack, which killed 86 people and wounded more than 400 others, to a Tunisian national with reputed links to Islamic State extremists.
“Like millions of people in Germany, I am horrified, shocked and deeply saddened by what happened yesterday evening on Berlin’s Breitscheidplatz“.
Const. Caroline de Kloet, a Toronto police spokeswoman, said she couldn’t speak about operational details, but a police source in 51 Division confirmed that security had been stepped up at the request of the market’s organizers.
German media reported that police were working on over 500 leads in the investigation to find the perpetrator.
Authorities this morning began the grisly task of clearing the scene of an atrocity that has shocked a Germany gearing up for the festive season.
Twelve people were killed and around 50 injured, some critically, when a truck ploughed into a crowd in the German capital.
Horst Seehofer, leader of the CDU’s Bavarian sister party, said: “We owe it to the victims, to those affected and to the whole population to rethink our immigration and security policy and to change it”.
“This is a suspect, not necessarily the perpetrator”, Thomas de Maiziere told reporters Wednesday.
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Merkel released a short statement Tuesday condemning the attack.
