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| Berlin attack suspect Anis Amri 'shot dead in Milan, Italy' | Berlin attack suspect Anis Amri 'shot dead in Milan, Italy' |
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| The suspected Berlin attacker has been shot dead in the Italian city of Milan, according to security sources. | |
| 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. | “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 as search operations continued. | Police asked members of the public to stay away from the Eternitten area as search operations continued. |
| 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”. |