Berlin Market Truck Crash Kills 9, 2 Suspects Neutralized

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A truck crashed into the Berlin Christmas Market on Monday evening, with authorities assuming a terrorist attack.

According to local newspaper Berliner Zeitung, the truck plowed into the market at Breitscheidplatz in Charlottenburg. The Berlin Police tweeted that at least nine people are dead and 50 are injured.

A police man who witnessed the incident told the publication that “it looked deliberate.”

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The truck with a Polish license plate came from Budapest Street und drove onto the sidewalk, continuing for 164 feet to 262 feet until it came to a standstill. Authorities cleared the Christmas market and a spokesperson for the local police department said there could be a gas leak.

A police officer told Berliner Morgenpost that at least two people were in the truck when it hit the market. After the truck came to a stop, both allegedly jumped out and fled. However, the Berlin Police tweeted that one suspect was found in the truck and is deceased.

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A spokesman for the police department told Berliner Zeitung that they arrested a suspect believed to have driven the truck at the Victory Column in the Tiergarten district. They have no update on motive or background of the suspect. The department tweeted that it is not yet clear whether the suspect was connected to the attack.

According to Spiegel Online, truck carrier Ariel Z. did an interview with Polish outlet TVN24, saying that his cousin was driving the truck. Ariel Z. last spoke to his cousin around noon but couldn’t imagine that he would do anything like this, so he assumes that his truck was stolen. The driver’s wife couldn’t reach her husband after 4 p.m. The truck was loaded with steel.

In July of this year, a cargo truck plowed down a street in Nice, France, as crowds had gathered to celebrate French National Day gathered along the Riviera city’s Promenade des Anglais to watch a fireworks display.

At least 84 people had been killed, with over 200 injured. ISIS took responsibility for the attack.

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January 7 -- A car bomb at a Libyan police camp in the town of Zilten kills 60 people and wounds 200 more.
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January 11 -- Bombs in three cities in Iraq, including Baghdad, kill over 130 people.
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January 16 -- ISIS forces attack the Syrian town of Deir ez-Zor, killing Syrian army members as well as women and children. Death toll estimates range between 130 and 300 people.
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February 1 -- A suicide bomber detonates a vest outside Afghanistan's national police headquarters in Kabul, killing 20 and injuring 29.
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February 8 -- ISIS executes approximately 300 activists, police, and military personnel in Mosul, Iraq.
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February 21 -- ISIS detonates car bombs in two Syrian towns heavily populated with Shi'ite Muslims, killing between 140 and 270 people, and wounding over 300 more.
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February 17; March 13 -- 67 people are killed in two car bombings in Ankara, Turkey that occur within a month of each other.
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March 22 -- Three suicide bombers armed with nail bombs performed coordinated attacks in Brussels, Belgium. Thirty-two people are killed, with the nail bombs wounding 340 more.
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March 27 -- Seventy-two people, including 29 children, are killed in a suicide bombing at the largest public park in Lahore, Pakistan.
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June 12 -- A gunman opens fire on a nightclub popular with the LGBT community in Orlando, killing 49 and wounding 53 before being shot down by law enforcement officials. The attack is the deadliest in the United States since 9/11.
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June 28 -- A trio of suicide bombings at an airport in Istanbul kill 45 and injure 200 more. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.
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July 3 -- Several bombings in Baghdad kill over 300 and wound 225. The attacks are the deadliest in Iraq since 2007.
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July 7 -- A sniper kills five police officers who are escorting a protest against police brutality in Dallas. The shooting came in the same week that two African-American men, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile were killed during encounters with police officers.
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July 14: At least 77 people are killed in Nice, France, after a truck drives through a crowd on Bastille Day.
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