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Berlin attack: Man matching Anis Amri's description spotted in Danish city of Aalborg Berlin attack suspect Anis Amri 'shot dead in Milan, Italy'
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A man matching the description of suspected Berlin attacker Anis Amri has been spotted in Denmark. The suspected Berlin attacker has been shot dead in the Italian city of Milan, according to security sources.
North Jutland Police said a member of public alerted emergency services at around 9am local time (8am GMT) with the possible sighting in Aalborg. There was no official confirmation the man killed during a shootout with police was Anis Amri but the Italian interior minister was due to hold a press conference.
The man pulled out a gun when officers approached during a routine patrol in the northern city this morning.
One officer was injured in the ensuing exchange of gunfire, local media reported.
It came as a separate police operation continued in Denmark after a man matching his description was spotted in Aalborg.
“A man with a description similar to the perpetrator of the incident in Berlin on 19 December has been observed in the area around Eternitten in Aalborg,” said a spokesperson for North Jutland Police.
The person seen was described as a man aged between 20 and 30, wearing a black hat, glasses and unshaven with a black beard. He was carrying a black shoulder bag.The person seen was described as a man aged between 20 and 30, wearing a black hat, glasses and unshaven with a black beard. He was carrying a black shoulder bag.
Police asked members of the public to stay away from the Eternitten area of Aalborg as search operations continued. Police asked members of the public to stay away from the Eternitten area as search operations continued.
More to follow Amri, a 24-year-old Tunisian man, has been the subject of a Europe-wide manhunt since being identified as the main suspect in an attack on a Berlin Christmas market.
  His fingerprints were found inside a hijacked lorry used to massacre 12 people and injure more than 50 others in an atrocity claimed by Isis
A gun used to shoot the lorry’s Polish driver dead was not found at the scene, prompting warnings that the suspect could be “armed and dangerous”.