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| Berlin market attack suspect killed in Milan after shootout with police – live | |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 11.22am GMT | |
| 11:22 | |
| The German federal prosecutor’s office is holding a press conference at 12.30pm (11.30am GMT). | |
| 11.20am GMT | |
| 11:20 | |
| Alexandra Topping | |
| The Czech foreign ministry has confirmed that a Czech woman was among the victims of Monday’s terrorist attack in Berlin. The woman lived and worked in Berlin, but further details, including her name, have not been released. Her husband reported her missing after the attack and provided DNA samples. | |
| At a press briefing in Prague, foreign minister Lubomír Zaorálek said he was deeply sorry at the news: | |
| This is the first time that a Czech has died in a terrorist attack in Europe, in a terrorist attack so close to home. We are doing everything possible to help her husband in Germany and support her family in this difficult time. And I want to assure the public that the government is doing everything in its power to prevent such atrocities on Czech territory, we are doing everything possible to keep this country safe. | |
| Berlin is a two hour drive from the Czech border and thousands of Czechs visit around Christmas time. | |
| 11.17am GMT | |
| 11:17 | |
| Matthew Weaver | |
| Italy’s former prime minister Matteo Renzi has paid tribute to the Italian police.In a post on his Facebook page he wrote: | |
| If there’s one thing I’ve learned to appreciate in my thousand days in office it is that our men and our women in uniform have extraordinary quality and professionalism. | |
| They are among the best in the world even if this is is not always recognised. When I heard of the news of the killing of the Berlin attacker, this for me was just confirmation that our police are among the best in the world. | |
| The death of a man is never an event to celebrate, but when this armed man was killed it was crucial. Thanks to the officer who risks their lives. We are proud of you. Long live Italy! | |
| 11.14am GMT | |
| 11:14 | |
| Germany said it was “relieved” by reports from Italian authorities that the prime suspect in the Berlin Christmas market attack was shot dead by Milan police. | |
| Interior ministry spokesman, Tobias Plate, told reporters: | |
| There are growing signs that this is actually the person (wanted in the attack). Should this be proved true, the ministry is relieved that this person no longer poses a danger. | |
| Foreign ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer said Berlin was “grateful to the Italian authorities for the very close cooperation based on trust”. | |
| Plate said that Berlin had not yet received “official confirmation” from Italy that the dead man was in fact the suspect, Anis Amri, after Italy’s interior minister Marco Minniti told a news conference in Rome that Amri had been shot after firing at two police officers. | |
| A spokeswoman for Chancellor Angela Merkel, Ulrike Demmer, declined to comment until the written confirmation had arrived from Rome. | |
| “I ask you for a bit of patience,” she said. | |
| 11.06am GMT | |
| 11:06 | |
| The Italian prime minister, Paolo Gentiloni, who has been in the job for less than a fortnight, has been speaking. | |
| Gentiloni, Italy's new PM, says he was the one to make the call to Merkel this AM that Amri was dead. | |
| Gentiloni: our attention is high,the threats should not be underestimated | |
| 10.56am GMT | |
| 10:56 | |
| During its press conference, the German interior ministry said there are 330 “relevant people” in the country, those suspected of - at the very least - having terrorist sympathies. | |
| 10.53am GMT | 10.53am GMT |
| 10:53 | 10:53 |
| There is a report that Amri used the same gun in last night’s shoot out as was used to kill the Polish lorry driver, who was the first victim of the Berlin attack. | There is a report that Amri used the same gun in last night’s shoot out as was used to kill the Polish lorry driver, who was the first victim of the Berlin attack. |
| SKYTG in Italy is reporting that the weapon in the shootout was the same that killed the Polish lorry driver who was Monday's 1st victim | SKYTG in Italy is reporting that the weapon in the shootout was the same that killed the Polish lorry driver who was Monday's 1st victim |
| 10.49am GMT | 10.49am GMT |
| 10:49 | 10:49 |
| Amri travelled to Italy via France, according to Italian authorities. | Amri travelled to Italy via France, according to Italian authorities. |
| What we know about Amri's route so far, according to Milan terror chief: Chambéry, France –> Turin –> Milan, arrival at 1am last night | What we know about Amri's route so far, according to Milan terror chief: Chambéry, France –> Turin –> Milan, arrival at 1am last night |
| 10.42am GMT | 10.42am GMT |
| 10:42 | 10:42 |
| Kate Connolly | Kate Connolly |
| At the German government’s daily press conference the ministerial officials are coming under huge pressure to explain why Anis Amri was able to move freely in Germany and plan his attack under the nose of authorities, particularly following the emergence of the footage showing that he was monitored entering an Isis (Islamic State)-associated mosque in Berlin on 14 and 15 December and again leaving it seven hours after the attack. | At the German government’s daily press conference the ministerial officials are coming under huge pressure to explain why Anis Amri was able to move freely in Germany and plan his attack under the nose of authorities, particularly following the emergence of the footage showing that he was monitored entering an Isis (Islamic State)-associated mosque in Berlin on 14 and 15 December and again leaving it seven hours after the attack. |
| The officials are very defensive, and have several times answered journalists that they cannot answer many of the questions, and that it would be disrespectful to speculate while many of the victims of the attack have not even yet been buried. | The officials are very defensive, and have several times answered journalists that they cannot answer many of the questions, and that it would be disrespectful to speculate while many of the victims of the attack have not even yet been buried. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 10.43am GMT | at 10.43am GMT |
| 10.40am GMT | 10.40am GMT |
| 10:40 | 10:40 |
| A German interior ministry official says: | A German interior ministry official says: |
| We have to ask ourselves ‘can we not improve the [security] measures?’ | We have to ask ourselves ‘can we not improve the [security] measures?’ |
| Another official says they cannot confirm the death of Amri “because that is up to the Italian authorities”. | Another official says they cannot confirm the death of Amri “because that is up to the Italian authorities”. |