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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, was "without a shadow of a doubt" Anis Amri, Marco Minniti said. | |
| One police officer was injured in the shootout but his life is not in danger. | |
| Monday's attack on a Berlin Christmas market left 12 dead and 49 injured. | |
| The fingerprints of the dead man match Amri's, reports in the Italian media say. | 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 in Monday evening's attack. | |
| The attack took place at a Christmas market at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in the west of the German capital. | 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. | According to the Italian news agency Ansa, Anis Amri had travelled by train from France to Turin, and then taken another train to Milan. |
| From the central station he travelled on to Sesto San Giovanni, a working class area. He was on foot when he was asked to show his documents, Ansa reports. | |
| Amri, a Tunisian national aged 24, had served a prison sentence in Italy after being convicted of vandalism, threats and theft in 2011. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
| A spokesman for Germany's interior ministry would not comment on reports in the German media that Amri had been filmed at a mosque in Berlin in the hours after the attack. | |
| Separately, police arrested two people in the German city of Oberhausen on suspicion of planning an attack on a shopping centre. | |
| Mr Minitti praised the two police officers who had apprehended Amri, and said the operation showed how Italy's security system was working well. | |
| "As soon as this person entered our country, a fugitive wanted across Europe, we immediately identified him and neutralised him," the minister said. |