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Berlin attack suspect Anis Amri killed in Milan | Berlin attack suspect Anis Amri killed in Milan |
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The Berlin market attack suspect Anis Amri has been shot dead by police in Milan, Italy's interior minister says. | |
The man, who opened fire on police who asked him for ID during a routine patrol in the Sesto San Giovanni area in the early hours of Friday morning, was "without a shadow of a doubt" Anis Amri, Marco Minetti said. | |
One police officer was injured in the shootout. | |
Germany has been on high alert since the attack, which left 49 injured. | |
Separately, police arrested two people in the German city of Oberhausen on suspicion of planning an attack on a shopping centre. | |
The fingerprints of the dead man match Amri's, reports in the Italian media say. | |
German officials have confirmed Amri's fingerprints were found inside the truck that was used to kill 12 people and wound 49 others in Berlin on Monday evening. | |
The attack took place at a Christmas market at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in the west of the German capital. | |
According to the Italian news agency Ansa, Anis Amri had travelled by train from France to Turin, and then taken another train to Milan. | |
Amri, a Tunisian national aged 24, had served a prison sentence in Italy after being convicted of vandalism, threats and theft in 2011. | |
He was known to Italian authorities for his violent behaviour while imprisoned. | |
After his release he was asked to leave the country. He arrived in Germany where he applied for asylum in April of this year. | |
He was named as a suspect in the Berlin attack by German federal prosecutors, and a reward of up to €100,000 (£84,000; $104,000) was offered for information leading to his arrest. |