Washington Post: Berlin on high alert as suspect search resumes in Christmas market attack
BERLIN — The German capital was on high alert Tuesday with one or more suspects still at large in the deadly truck assault on a Christmas market, an act Chancellor Angela Merkel decried as a presumed “terror attack.”
The only suspect, a Pakistani asylum seeker taken into custody shortly after Monday’s bloodshed, was released by police late Tuesday because of insufficient evidence. It left police scrambling for fresh leads in the assault that left 12 dead and 52 injured after a truck carrying a payload of steel careened into festive stalls and fairgoers in Berlin.
German police accelerated efforts to study forensic evidence, including analysis of blood stains within the cabin of the truck — turned into a weapon in a tactic used just five months earlier in a similar holiday rampage on the French coast.
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WNU Editor: The passenger of this truck was dead when this terror attack occurred .... shot and stabbed by someone that the police are now looking for .... Report: Polish trucker fought for his life (DW). But the debate on whether this was deliberate (or not) is making the rounds .... Berlin truck crash: 'early indications point to attack' - German Interior Minister (Euronews) .... yes .... the authorities still do not get it .... they still cannot reconcile with their views and what has actually happened .... and it is clear that they cannot accept any idea that maybe their policies have led to this "open season" on Christians.
Update: Others are raising alarm bells ....
href="http://ift.tt/2hVokkD">German state minister says: 'We are in a state of war' (Reuters).
Update #2: The backlash is growing .... Blood on Angela's hands? Far-right blames German leader's immigration policy for Christmas attack as 'shocked and shaken' Merkel lays flowers where 12 died (Daily Mail).
Update #3: Others are spinning a different story .... Berlin and Merkel Will Survive This Attack, Too (Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg).
Update #4: More on the truck driver who was found dead in the truck that was used in this attack PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Polish lorry driver who fought for his life as fanatic shot him dead then hijacked truck in Berlin massacre was returning to his wife to prepare Christmas presents (Daily Mail).
German prosecutors release suspected Christmas market attacker -- Reuters
Berlin market attack: The main suspect is still at large -- CBS/AP
Berlin market lorry attack: Only suspect held released -- BBC
German police release Pakistani suspect in Berlin truck attack investigation -- DW
Germany Releases Man in Deadly Berlin Market Attack -- NYT
Suspect in Berlin Attack Released as Police Hunt for Killer -- ABC News
Berlin truck attacker may still be at large after police release suspect -- RT
Berlin Christmas market truck attack: Here's how the incident unfolded -- ABC News Online
Update #2: The backlash is growing .... Blood on Angela's hands? Far-right blames German leader's immigration policy for Christmas attack as 'shocked and shaken' Merkel lays flowers where 12 died (Daily Mail).
Update #3: Others are spinning a different story .... Berlin and Merkel Will Survive This Attack, Too (Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg).
Update #4: More on the truck driver who was found dead in the truck that was used in this attack PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Polish lorry driver who fought for his life as fanatic shot him dead then hijacked truck in Berlin massacre was returning to his wife to prepare Christmas presents (Daily Mail).
More News On Yesterday's Berlin Terror Attack
German prosecutors release suspected Christmas market attacker -- Reuters
Berlin market attack: The main suspect is still at large -- CBS/AP
Berlin market lorry attack: Only suspect held released -- BBC
German police release Pakistani suspect in Berlin truck attack investigation -- DW
Germany Releases Man in Deadly Berlin Market Attack -- NYT
Suspect in Berlin Attack Released as Police Hunt for Killer -- ABC News
Berlin truck attacker may still be at large after police release suspect -- RT
Berlin Christmas market truck attack: Here's how the incident unfolded -- ABC News Online
