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| Angela Merkel: 'Particularly sickening' if Berlin attacker is proven to be a refugee | Angela Merkel: 'Particularly sickening' if Berlin attacker is proven to be a refugee |
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| Chancellor Angela Merkel has said it would be "particularly sickening" if the attacker who drove a lorry into a Berlin Christmas market turned out to be a refugee who had sought sanctuary in Germany. | Chancellor Angela Merkel has said it would be "particularly sickening" if the attacker who drove a lorry into a Berlin Christmas market turned out to be a refugee who had sought sanctuary in Germany. |
| Twelve people died in the attack and at least 48 more were injured. | Twelve people died in the attack and at least 48 more were injured. |
| Ms Merkel also said she was "shocked, shaken and deeply saddened" by the event, which took place in a crowded tourist area. | Ms Merkel also said she was "shocked, shaken and deeply saddened" by the event, which took place in a crowded tourist area. |
| The Chancellor said: "We don't know anything for certain, but we must assume it was a terrorist attack. | The Chancellor said: "We don't know anything for certain, but we must assume it was a terrorist attack. |
| "It would be very difficult for us to learn that a human being committed this deed who came to Germany to ask for refugee and asylum." | "It would be very difficult for us to learn that a human being committed this deed who came to Germany to ask for refugee and asylum." |
| The suspect arrested by police has been named locally as 'Naved B' and is reported to be a 23-year-old refugee from Pakistan. | |
| had been living in Flughfen Tempelhof – an old airport that had been converted into a refugee centre – and was detained following the attack. | |
| According to German radio station RBB-Inforadio,he arrived in Germany a year ago, registering in Germany on 31 December 2015 in Passau, Bavaria. | |
| Germany's open door policy on migration has allowed hundreds of thousands of refugees into the country, many from war-torn Syria. | Germany's open door policy on migration has allowed hundreds of thousands of refugees into the country, many from war-torn Syria. |
| However, the influx has caused some tension in Germany and contributed to the rise of populist, anti-immigration political parties. | However, the influx has caused some tension in Germany and contributed to the rise of populist, anti-immigration political parties. |