GERMANY — A truck plowed through a crowd at a Christmas marketplace in Berlin Monday–killing nine people and injuring at least fifty others, police say.
Police declared the act a “severe incident” and believe terrorism is the motive.
The driver of the truck is in custody and a passenger was killed, police told news reporters.
Lorry just ploughed through Christmas market in #berlin. There is no road nearby. People crushed. I am safe. I am safe pic.twitter.com/63iWMmdSKr
— Emma Rushton (@ERushton) December 19, 2016
Scene at the #Berlin Christmas market after semi truck plows into crowd. Several injured. pic.twitter.com/jG2L5uaLJZ
— Daniel Nisman (@DannyNis) December 19, 2016
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