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| Berlin market attack suspect killed in Milan – live coverage | |
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| 10.14am GMT | |
| 10:14 | |
| We have let the German federal prosecutor’s office know. We have told their police force and authorities. | |
| These people in our police force are exceptional. | |
| The officers did an “extraordinary service” and when he says everyone will want to thank them there is applause from those in the room. | |
| And that concludes the press conference. | |
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| at 10.18am GMT | |
| 10.12am GMT | |
| 10:12 | |
| Interior minister Minniti says he has thanked the officer who was shot, Christian Movio, on behalf of the entire ministry and entire Italian police force. | |
| And I said Happy Christmas. | |
| He says Italy should be “very proud” of its security. | |
| He was the most wanted man in Europe and we immediately identified him and neutralised him. This means our security is working really well. | |
| 10.08am GMT | |
| 10:08 | |
| Anis Amri confirmed killed. | |
| The person who was killed, there is no doubt that he is Anis Amri. | |
| Updated | |
| at 10.16am GMT | |
| 10.07am GMT | |
| 10:07 | |
| The police officer immediately reacted, luckily he wasn’t shot fatally and is in hospital recovering. The other officers reacted and the person who attacked our police officer was killed. | |
| Updated | |
| at 10.12am GMT | |
| 10.07am GMT | |
| 10:07 | |
| Last night at 3am in Milan, during a normal patrol one of our officers stopped a person who looked very suspect. | |
| The man without hesitating took his gun and he shot at the police officer who asked him for his ID papers. | |
| Updated | |
| at 10.12am GMT | |
| 10.06am GMT | |
| 10:06 | |
| Interior minister Marco Minniti is about to start speaking at the news conference where he will possibly confirm that the Berlin Christmas market attacker has been shot dead. | |
| 10.02am GMT | |
| 10:02 | |
| Reuters is reporting that fingerprints have identified the man killed in Berlin as Anis Amri, citing a police source. But we still await official confirmation from police or the interior minister. | |
| 10.00am GMT | |
| 10:00 | |
| Stephanie Kirchgaessner | |
| Bettina Gabbe, reporter with the German TV station N24 says that fingerprints have been taken of the dead man in Milan, in order to compare them with German police records and check it’s the right man. She said authorities there told her it would not take long to establish if there was a match. | |
| 9.58am GMT | |
| 09:58 | |
| Stephanie Kirchgaessner | |
| Spiegel Online reports that the man killed in Milan shouted “Allahu Akbar” when police in the north of the city asked for him to show his id. He then shot at the two policeman. They returned fire, hitting Amri fatally. Germany’s state prosecutor in Karlsruhe is neither confirming nor denying the reports at present. A spokesman there has said that they are in close contact with the Italian authorities. | |
| 9.51am GMT | |
| 09:51 | |
| The German federal public prosecutor’s office’s spokesman has said that German authorities are in close contact with Italian colleagues, Sky News says. | |
| 9.49am GMT | |
| 09:49 | |
| Italian news agency Ansa is also reporting that a man killed in Milan is the Berlin Christmas market suspect. It says he was shot after he pulled out a gun during a “routine road check” in front of in piazza primo maggio, in front of Sesto San Giovanni station. | |
| 9.43am GMT | 9.43am GMT |
| 09:43 | 09:43 |
| Stephanie Kirchgaessner | Stephanie Kirchgaessner |
| Anis Amri, the suspect behind Monday night’s terror attack in Berlin, has been killed in a police shootout in Milan, according to an unconfirmed report by Panorama, an Italian news magazine. Panorama claimed in an exclusive report this morning that Amri was killed in a routine traffic stop at 3am today in the Piazza I Maggio in the Sesto San Giovanni neighborhood. The report was not immediately confirmed by the Italian government or any law enforcement officials. | Anis Amri, the suspect behind Monday night’s terror attack in Berlin, has been killed in a police shootout in Milan, according to an unconfirmed report by Panorama, an Italian news magazine. Panorama claimed in an exclusive report this morning that Amri was killed in a routine traffic stop at 3am today in the Piazza I Maggio in the Sesto San Giovanni neighborhood. The report was not immediately confirmed by the Italian government or any law enforcement officials. |
| Panorama reported that Amri pulled out a gun and began shooting at the officers. It said that an officer who had been on the job for nine months then killed the suspect. The officer was shot in the shoulder but is alive. Italy’s top law enforcement official, the interior minister, Marco Minniti, is due to address the press at 10:45 am (9.45am GMT). Amri was believed to have spent several years in Italy before he traveled to Germany.T here were separately reports of a shootout in Milan in several Italian newspapers. | Panorama reported that Amri pulled out a gun and began shooting at the officers. It said that an officer who had been on the job for nine months then killed the suspect. The officer was shot in the shoulder but is alive. Italy’s top law enforcement official, the interior minister, Marco Minniti, is due to address the press at 10:45 am (9.45am GMT). Amri was believed to have spent several years in Italy before he traveled to Germany.T here were separately reports of a shootout in Milan in several Italian newspapers. |
| 9.38am GMT | 9.38am GMT |
| 09:38 | 09:38 |
| Amri has previous links with Italy. He arrived there in 2011, along with tens of thousands of other Tunisians men who fled by boat during the Arab spring. | Amri has previous links with Italy. He arrived there in 2011, along with tens of thousands of other Tunisians men who fled by boat during the Arab spring. |
| He spent three and a half years in six different prisons on Sicily for starting a fire at a refugee centre and making threats, among other charges. | He spent three and a half years in six different prisons on Sicily for starting a fire at a refugee centre and making threats, among other charges. |
| Two of Amri’s brothers, Walid and Abdelkader, have said they believe he may have been radicalised by radical Islamists while behind bars in Italy. | Two of Amri’s brothers, Walid and Abdelkader, have said they believe he may have been radicalised by radical Islamists while behind bars in Italy. |
| Italian authorities said Amri had been a problematic inmate. The justice ministry said he had repeatedly been admonished and transferred among Sicilian prisons for bad conduct. Prison records say he bullied inmates and tried to spark insurrections. | Italian authorities said Amri had been a problematic inmate. The justice ministry said he had repeatedly been admonished and transferred among Sicilian prisons for bad conduct. Prison records say he bullied inmates and tried to spark insurrections. |
| But Italy apparently recorded no signs that Amri was becoming radicalised. | But Italy apparently recorded no signs that Amri was becoming radicalised. |
| 9.32am GMT | 9.32am GMT |
| 09:32 | 09:32 |
| The Italian interior minister is to hold a press conference at 10.45am (9.45am GMT), the interior ministry has said. | The Italian interior minister is to hold a press conference at 10.45am (9.45am GMT), the interior ministry has said. |
| 9.28am GMT | 9.28am GMT |
| 09:28 | 09:28 |
| Anis Amri, the man suspected of killing 12 people by driving a truck into a Christmas market in Berlin, has reportedly been killed in Italy, according to Italian news magazine Panorama. Reuters have also reported that Amri was killed in a shootout, citing unnamed security sources. | Anis Amri, the man suspected of killing 12 people by driving a truck into a Christmas market in Berlin, has reportedly been killed in Italy, according to Italian news magazine Panorama. Reuters have also reported that Amri was killed in a shootout, citing unnamed security sources. |
| More details soon … | More details soon … |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 9.29am GMT | at 9.29am GMT |