Berlin’s police force said Tuesday it was treating the deadly crash of a lorry into a Christmas market crowd as “a probable terrorist attack”. Around 8 pm, a lorry drove for up to 80 metres into the busy Christmas market frequented by locals and tourists. At least 12 people have died.
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A fireman stands near a black lorry that ploughed through a Christmas market on December 19 in Berlin, Germany. At least 12 people died and Berlin’s police force said Tuesday it was treating the crash as “a probable terrorist attack”. Sean Gallup / Getty Images -
A general view shows the site where a lorry ploughed through a crowd at a Christmas market on Breitscheidplatz square near the fashionable Kurfuerstendamm avenue in the west of Berlin, Germany. Pawel Kopczynski / Reuters -
Candles and flowers are seen near the site where a lorry ploughed through a crowd at a Berlin Christmas market on Breitscheidplatz square near the fashionable Kurfuerstendamm avenue. Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters -
An injured person is carried on an stretcher by fireman at the scene where a truck crashed into a Christmas market, close to the Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church in Berlin. Police suspect a terror attack, with Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere saying there are “many reasons” to believe the killings were deliberate. Clemens Bilan / EPA -
Workers and security inspect the damaged lorry after it ploughed through a Christmas market on December 19 in Berlin, Germany. Sean Gallup / Getty Images -
A tow truck operates at the scene where a lorry ploughed through a crowd at a Christmas market. Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters -
A criminal expert looks into the cabin of a lorry which ran into a crowded Christmas market Monday evening, killing 12 people in Berlin. Markus Schreiber / AP
Berlin lorry crash deemed ‘probable terrorist attack’ - in pictures
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