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| The man who drove a lorry into a crowded Berlin Christmas market killing 12 people in a suspect terror attack has been identified by local media as a 23-year-old Pakstani refugee. | The man who drove a lorry into a crowded Berlin Christmas market killing 12 people in a suspect terror attack has been identified by local media as a 23-year-old Pakstani refugee. |
| "Naved B", had been living in Flughfen Tempelhof, an old airport that had been converted into a refugee centre, was detained last night following the attack. | |
| According to German radio station RBB-Inforadio, the 23-year-old arrived in Germany a year ago, registering in Germany on 31 December 2015 in Passau, Bavaria. | |
| German media have reported the suspect was known as a petty criminal, but was not thought to be a potential terrorist. | German media have reported the suspect was known as a petty criminal, but was not thought to be a potential terrorist. |
| German special forces police have stormed a hangar at Berlin's Tempelhof airpot following the attack, and four young men are thought to have been questioned, but no arrests were made. | |
| Bavaria's interior minister Joachim Herrmann has called for a review of German refugee policy in light of the incident. | |
| "If it is confirmed that this attack was committed by someone who has been registered as an asylum seeker in the country, then it must lead to a fundamental reflection on the design of the whole refugee system," Mr Herrmann said on German radio. | |
| Klaus Bouillon, Germany's interior minister told Saarland radio: "We must say that we are in a state of war, although some people who want to see only the good cannot see”. | |
| The identity of the alleged attacker was first revealed by German daily Die Welt, which said the attacker was born on 1 January 1993. | The identity of the alleged attacker was first revealed by German daily Die Welt, which said the attacker was born on 1 January 1993. |
| The information has not been confirmed by the police, who have yet to give information on the alleged offender. | |
| This is a breaking news story. More follows... | This is a breaking news story. More follows... |