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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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German Chancellor Angela Merkel 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 the country. | |
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. |
"We don't know anything for certain, but we must assume it was a terrorist attack," she added. "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." | |
A suspect arrested in connection with the attack has been named in local media as 'Naved B'. He is reported to be a 23-year-old refugee from Pakistan. | |
He 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 in the country a year ago. He registered 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. |