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December 21, 2016

Germany: Police Searching for New Suspect in Christmas Market Attack
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In Germany, police are carrying out a manhunt after 12 people were
killed and 48 more wounded in Berlin after a truck drove into a
Christmas market around 8 p.m. local time Monday. Police say they are
now searching for a Tunisian man whose ID papers were found inside the
truck used in the attack. On Tuesday, police released a Pakistani asylum
seeker whom they had initially arrested as a suspect, after they could
find no evidence linking him to the attack. Berlin residents packed into
a church Tuesday afternoon near the Christmas market to mourn the
victims. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack.


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