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| Berlin truck attack: Tunisian 'linked to Anis Amri' held | Berlin truck attack: Tunisian 'linked to Anis Amri' held |
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| A 40-year-old Tunisian man has been detained in Berlin in connection with last week's attack on a Christmas market, German state prosecutors say. | A 40-year-old Tunisian man has been detained in Berlin in connection with last week's attack on a Christmas market, German state prosecutors say. |
| They say his number was found on the phone of Anis Amri, who killed 12 people by hijacking a lorry and ramming it through the stalls. | They say his number was found on the phone of Anis Amri, who killed 12 people by hijacking a lorry and ramming it through the stalls. |
| Police raided the home and workplace of the man in the Tempelhof area of Berlin, German media report. | Police raided the home and workplace of the man in the Tempelhof area of Berlin, German media report. |
| Officials have until Thursday to decide whether to formally arrest him. | Officials have until Thursday to decide whether to formally arrest him. |
| Amri was shot dead by police in Milan early last Friday, four days on from the attack, after the 24-year-old Tunisian opened fire and injured an officer during a routine check. | Amri was shot dead by police in Milan early last Friday, four days on from the attack, after the 24-year-old Tunisian opened fire and injured an officer during a routine check. |
| Meanwhile government officials have said the lorry's automatic braking system may have prevented the loss of more lives, German media reported | Meanwhile government officials have said the lorry's automatic braking system may have prevented the loss of more lives, German media reported |
| The system kicks in when it senses an impact and this may have cut the hijacker's rampage short. | The system kicks in when it senses an impact and this may have cut the hijacker's rampage short. |
| It was initially believed that the lorry's original driver, Lukasz Urban, had intervened, possibly grabbing the steering wheel, while being held hostage in the passenger seat. | It was initially believed that the lorry's original driver, Lukasz Urban, had intervened, possibly grabbing the steering wheel, while being held hostage in the passenger seat. |
| But doctors later said Urban would have been unconscious by this point, having been shot some hours before when Amri stole the vehicle from him. | But doctors later said Urban would have been unconscious by this point, having been shot some hours before when Amri stole the vehicle from him. |
| Police in the Netherlands say it was highly likely Amri was spotted on CCTV in Nijmegen station. | Police in the Netherlands say it was highly likely Amri was spotted on CCTV in Nijmegen station. |
| They are investigating whether he travelled there immediately after the market attack, following the discovery of an unused Dutch Sim card in his backpack. | They are investigating whether he travelled there immediately after the market attack, following the discovery of an unused Dutch Sim card in his backpack. |
| They believe he was probably handed the Sim card in Nijmegen station. | They believe he was probably handed the Sim card in Nijmegen station. |
| From Nijmegen, it is thought he took a six-hour bus trip to Lyon-Part-Dieu station in France - from where he apparently got a train to Milan via Chambery and Turin. | |
| The Sim card found in his backpack was issued between 20 and 22 December in one of three possible Dutch cities - Breda, Zwolle and Nijmegen, Italian media reported. | The Sim card found in his backpack was issued between 20 and 22 December in one of three possible Dutch cities - Breda, Zwolle and Nijmegen, Italian media reported. |
| It was widely reported after the attack that German police had searched a refugee centre in Emmerich, just across the border at Nijmegen. | It was widely reported after the attack that German police had searched a refugee centre in Emmerich, just across the border at Nijmegen. |
| That Amri was able to travel from Berlin while subject to a European arrest warrant has raised security questions. | That Amri was able to travel from Berlin while subject to a European arrest warrant has raised security questions. |