Beppe Grillo, the head of Italy’s anti-establishment Five Star Movement, said the shooting proved that the migration crisis was out of control and that it was “crazy” that two Italian police officers had had to risk their lives to deal with a terrorist wanted by half of Europe.
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Amri’s brother confirmed the identity of the person in the video, the BBC reported.
Berlin police said the attack was done on objective, The Associated Press reported early Tuesday.
Twelve people were killed and dozens injured when a truck plowed into the busy market Monday.
A number of smaller attacks took place in France, Germany and Italy, and European authorities say they have foiled a number of plots over the past year.
German chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken of her relief at the death of a man she described as “one acute danger”, but warned of the ongoing threat of terrorism.
“My message to the Crusaders bombing Muslims every day is that we are coming to slaughter you, you pigs”, Amri said in the video.
Here’s what we know on Thursday, three days after the attack.
Milan, Rome and other cities have been on heightened alert, with increased surveillance and police patrols. Trainee officer Luca Scata, 29, fired the fatal shot. He said, though, the investigation is far from over.
An IS-linked video released Friday purportedly showed Amri calling for more attacks in Europe.
From Chambery he boarded a train to Milan via Turin, the source said, adding that Amri paid for at least one ticket in cash.
She declined to provide names or ages.
Federal prosecutor Peter Frank told reporters Friday that there were still many unanswered questions in the probe into Amri.
The shootout happened at 3am local time in the Milan suburb of Sesto San Giovanni in northern Italy.
German authorities have faced criticism after it emerged that Amri had been monitored by security services after allegedly plotting to commit a robbery to be able to buy weapons, but the surveillance was lifted in September due to insufficient evidence.
De Iesu confirmed the truck had loaded its cargo December 16 in another Milan suburb, Cinisello Balsamo, before heading to Berlin, but said there was no evidence to connect it to Amri’s presence nearby early Friday.
Authorities couldn’t deport him because he didn’t have valid ID papers showing his nationality, said Ralf Jaeger, interior minister of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, where Amri had registered in a refugee center. However, the Islamic State gave no indication as to who the driver might have been or whether he was a direct operative or acting on his own due to sympathies he felt with the group.
German security officials told CNN that investigators believe the Tunisian suspect is linked to a recruitment network for ISIS operating in Germany.
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A 12th victim, the hijacked truck’s Polish driver, was found shot in the cab. Police stood guard around the impoverished town, where everyone was talking about Amri. He then spent four years in prison there for starting a fire in a refugee centre, during which time he was apparently radicalised.
