Berlin attack

Turkey detains three linked to Berlin attack: Reports

Turkish authorities have detained three people linked to last year`s deadly attack on a Berlin Christmas market, local media reported Monday, saying the suspects were headed to Europe.

Mar 20, 2017, 20:40 PM IST

Berlin Christmas market attacker was a ''ladies man''

Anis Amri, the Berlin Christmas market attacker, was a "ladies man" before he became radicalised inside an Italian prison, a woman at whose house he stayed has claimed.

Feb 11, 2017, 09:06 AM IST

Berlin truck attacker may have got gun in Switzerland: Report

"A lot speaks for that in the investigations so far," ZDF said of the possibility that Anis Amri, a failed asylum seeker from Tunisia, obtained the gun in Switzerland.

Jan 07, 2017, 18:12 PM IST

Berlin Christmas market attacker used 14 different identities

A police official says that German authorities knew of 14 different identities used by Berlin Christmas market attacker Anis Amri.

Jan 05, 2017, 18:59 PM IST

Germany plans security overhaul after Berlin attack: Interior minister

Germany`s interior minister on Tuesday outlined plans for a security services overhaul, seeking greater federal powers on domestic intelligence and quicker expulsions of illegal migrants following the Berlin truck attack.

Jan 03, 2017, 21:06 PM IST

CCTV confirms Berlin attacker transited France: Probe source

Surveillance footage confirms that Anis Amri, the suspected Berlin truck attacker gunned down by Italian police, transited through the French city of Lyon by train, a source close to the investigation said.

Dec 26, 2016, 22:37 PM IST

Germany hunts possible accomplices of Berlin suspect

One of those detained was the nephew of the Tunisian-born attack suspect Anis Amri, the country's interior ministry said.

Dec 24, 2016, 21:33 PM IST

Tunisia arrests nephew, two jihadist linked to Berlin attack suspect

Tunisia arrested the nephew of the suspected Berlin truck attacker and two other jihadist suspects who are "connected" to the assailant Anis Amri, the interior ministry said on Saturday. 

Dec 24, 2016, 18:47 PM IST

Tunisia arrests nephew, two others linked to Berlin suspect

A statement said that the three suspects were members of a "terrorist cell... connected to the terrorist Anis Amri who carried out the terrorist attack in Berlin".

Dec 24, 2016, 18:32 PM IST

'Acute' threat thwarted but terror 'danger' endures, says Merkel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Friday of an enduring terror threat, despite the killing of the suspected perpetrator of the Berlin Christmas market attack.

Dec 24, 2016, 00:53 AM IST

Berlin attacker shot dead in Milan

"The Berlin attacker carried out a new attack against an Italian police patrol in Milan and was killed in an exchange of fire," the IS-linked Amaq agency said.

Dec 23, 2016, 21:52 PM IST

I've been proven right, says Donald Trump after Berlin, Turkey attacks

US President-elect Donald Trump called the attacks this week in Berlin and Ankara "terrible" on Wednesday and said he has been proven to be correct about his plans to impose curbs on Muslims immigrating to the United States.

Dec 22, 2016, 03:46 AM IST

Donald Trump frames Europe attacks as clash of religions

Berlin police have yet to even put their hands on the right suspect after a truck ploughed into a Christmas market and left 12 people dead.

Dec 21, 2016, 02:23 AM IST

'Soldier' of Islamic State carried out Berlin truck attack, says jihadist-linked agency

Hours after a Pakistani asylum seeker was detained on Tuesday and later released, a news agency linked to Islamic State group said that a 'soldier' of the terror organisation carried out the truck attack in Germany.

Dec 21, 2016, 01:26 AM IST

After Berlin, Europe beefs up security at Xmas markets

Security was beefed up at Christmas markets across Europe after a lorry ploughed through a market in Berlin killing 12 people and heightening security fears at the onset of the holiday season.

Dec 21, 2016, 01:03 AM IST

`Brave bystander` led Berlin police to Xmas market suspect: Report

The suspect in the Berlin Christmas market truck rampage was arrested with the help of a witness who followed the man after he fled the scene on foot, a German newspaper reported Tuesday.

Dec 20, 2016, 16:46 PM IST

German Christmas market suspect is 23-year-old Pakistani migrant: Report

A speeding lorry cut a bloody swathe through a Berlin Christmas market on Monday, killing 12 people and wounding 48 others. According to a report on Tuesday, the suspected driver of the truck was a 23-year-old from Pakistan named Naved B.

Dec 20, 2016, 15:47 PM IST

US condemns attack on Berlin Christmas market

The US has condemned "in the strongest terms" an attack on a Christmas market in the German capital of Berlin which killed at least nine persons.

Dec 20, 2016, 08:19 AM IST

At least 12 dead as truck ploughs into crowd at Berlin Christmas market

A truck ploughed into a crowded Christmas market in central Berlin on Monday evening, killing 12 people and injuring 48 others in what Germany`s interior minister said looked like an attack.

Dec 20, 2016, 07:02 AM IST

At least nine dead, several injured as lorry ploughs into Berlin Xmas market: Police

Several people were killed and up to 50 injured when a truck ploughed into a crowd at a Christmas market in Berlin on Monday evening, the Berliner Morgenpost reported.

Dec 20, 2016, 01:49 AM IST