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[Ensirius]

Police are looking for this man

The BBC has now added a photo

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38392128

They also seem to confirm he was indeed facing deportation. Even worse then that his surveillance until it was carried out wasn't good enough. You corner a terrorist-sympathiser, tell them they are being deported and then let them slip into the shadows? Especially after a counter-terrorism report goes through... Terrible handling by the German government.

Oh wow, first time I see these Amaq msgs in German:

Pretty unsettling.

Wrong person caught. Perpetrator still at large.

Suspect arrested according to police

https://twitter.com/ZDFheute/status/810945361498009601

Several people have died and many more have been injured as a lorry ploughed into a Christmas market in central Berlin, German media report.
Police now say they suspect it was a deliberate attack. Video footage from the scene shows stalls knocked over and people lying injured on the ground.
The market is at Breitscheidplatz close to the Kurfuerstendamm, the main shopping street in the city's west.
A reporter for the Berliner Morgenpost described a "gruesome scene".


https://twitter.com/BBCBreaking/status/810941206876291072

@polizeiberlin:
Wir können 9 Tote & viele Verletzte bestätigen. Viele Kolleg. sind am #Breitscheidplatz im Einsatz um die Hintergründe zu ermitteln.

9 killed.

Driver is on the run according to Bild.

1 pedestrian killed, according to the police: http://www.rbb-online.de/panorama/b...en-erfasst-passanten-am-breitscheidplatz.html

Just saying: The Berliner Morgenpost headlines this video of the aftermath with "Accident", no idea if they know anything:
https://www.facebook.com/morgenpost/videos/10154704796496236/

Berlin Fire department reports accident with multiple deaths. Polish truck

https://twitter.com/ZDFheute/status/810937447777443840

https://twitter.com/ZDFheute/status/810936902324985856

 

[Fritz]

Shit, here we go.

 

[tapedeck]

God Dammit.

 

[sixteen-bit]

damn, RIP

 

[Epsilon-delta]

wtf is happening.

 

[JustinBB7]

Christmas market? Wasn't some 12 year old arrested for trying to bomb a christmas market in Germany like a week ago?

 

[Audioboxer]

Translation?

Is this just an accident or an act of violence?

 

[LUFTRAUSER]

I wonder how this will effect the upcoming German elections. I guess it depends on the number of fatalities.

 

[metalslimer]

Please be no fatalities please be no fatalities

 

[Stinkles]

Christmas market? Wasn't some 12 year old arrested for trying to bomb a christmas market in Germany like a week ago?

Yup. Let's wait and see tho. Just as likely to be an old person panicking and hitting gas instead of brake.

 

[Xando]

Translation?

Is this just an accident or an act of violence?

No one knows. News is just breaking

 

[m_shortpants]

God fucking dammit.

Hoping no one was injured.

Fuck this stupid shit and everyone responsible.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

Translation?

Is this just an accident or an act of violence?

Read online that there are like no roads around, which leads me to think that it's an act of terrorism similar to what happened in France with the truck running over a crowd.

 

[Baroquemantic]

Man what the fuck.

 

[harriet the spy]

Why would Germany even be targeted ? What's the beef between fundamentalist Islam (if that is what it is) and Germany ?

 

[LUFTRAUSER]

Yup. Let's wait and see tho. Just as likely to be an old person panicking and hitting gas instead of brake.

I don't think so. Germany is extremely strict with letting old people drive; they have to take frequent tests to not lose their license.

 

[SpaceWolf]

Hoping against hope that everyone will walk away alive.

 

[SilentRob]

Just saying: The Berliner Morgenpost headlines this video of the aftermath with "Accident", no idea if they know anything:
https://www.facebook.com/morgenpost/videos/10154704796496236/

 

[Beartruck]

Why would Germany even be targeted ? What's the beef between fundamentalist Islam (if that is what it is) and Germany ?

Germany was one of the only european nations to wholeheartedly welcome Syrian refugees.

 

[Joni]

Why would Germany even be targeted ? What's the beef between fundamentalist Islam (if that is what it is) and Germany ?

They are nice to refugees.

 

[Patrick S.]

Fuck these fucking motherfuckers man. I hate this world. My wife is at a Christmas market with her colleagues right now. FUCK THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[superdeluxe]

Damnit.

 

[chadskin]

1 pedestrian killed, according to the police: http://www.rbb-online.de/panorama/b...en-erfasst-passanten-am-breitscheidplatz.html

 

[Captain Zyrain]

Son of a bitch.

 

[vsMIC]

according to focus.de so far one dead and multiple injured ...

 

[freeofgreed]

Wow that's awful. And why are people jumping to the conclusion that this was terrorism? It could very likely have been an accident.

 

[superdeluxe]

Why would Germany even be targeted ? What's the beef between fundamentalist Islam (if that is what it is) and Germany ?

Its the west.

 

[Thaedolus]

Yup. Let's wait and see tho. Just as likely to be an old person panicking and hitting gas instead of brake.

After Nice I'm thinking a copycat

 

[harriet the spy]

They are nice to refugees.

How would that make them a target? Especially since many refugees are actually sunni?

Its the west.

To first order that's probably true, though I think they'd primarily target countries with which they have an issue with - otherwise they completely lose any semblance of message their attacks may have.

 

[Audioboxer]

No one knows. News is just breaking

Ah okay, I didn't know what was written on that OP link as my google translate was crapping out.

Read online that there are like no roads around, which leads me to think that it's an act of terrorism similar to what happened in France with the truck running over a crowd.

Probably. Such a terrible time of the year, and at a Christmas market. Many kids will be there

In saying that Scotland/Glasgow had an accident with a bin lorry killing multiple people around Christmas 2 years ago IIRC. It may well be an accident.

 

[Ensirius]

1 pedestrian killed, according to the police: http://www.rbb-online.de/panorama/b...en-erfasst-passanten-am-breitscheidplatz.html

Just saying: The Berliner Morgenpost headlines this video of the aftermath with "Accident", no idea if they know anything:
https://www.facebook.com/morgenpost/videos/10154704796496236/

Added to the OP.

 

[Perfect Blue]

Why would Germany even be targeted ? What's the beef between fundamentalist Islam (if that is what it is) and Germany ?

They are close by.

 

[SpaceWolf]

Fuck these fucking motherfuckers man.

?

 

[Blackquill]

what a fucking shit year

 

[SilentRob]

Its the west.

Because, as we all know, only the west gets targeted by terrorists.

Whut.

 

[Jezbollah]

Fuck these fucking motherfuckers man. I hate this world. My wife is at a Christmas market with her colleagues right now. FUCK THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How about waiting to hear a bit more information about the incident before rushing to conclusions?

 

[Palmer_v1]

Fuck. I thought for sure this was just an update of some kind about that incident the previous holidays.

As always, I hope casualties aren't bad, and that it's an accident instead of a malicious act.

 

[Patrick S.]

?

Dude I can't find anything on the news, am I crazy to expect this to probably be a terrorist or what?

 

[harriet the spy]

Because, as we all know, only the west gets targeted by terrorists.

Whut.

You have got the implication in the wrong direction.

 

[mnz]

Christmas market? Wasn't some 12 year old arrested for trying to bomb a christmas market in Germany like a week ago?

There are christmas markets in every city, small town and village this time a year. We know it's a "good target", sadly.

Why would Germany even be targeted ? What's the beef between fundamentalist Islam (if that is what it is) and Germany ?

Germany militarily supports the fight against ISIS and took in a lot of refugees, which they hate.

 

[Air Zombie Meat]

Wow that's awful. And why are people jumping to the conclusion that this was terrorism? It could very likely have been an accident.

Because it's happened before. But yeah could be an accident. Thats happened before too.

 

[Patrick S.]

How about waiting to hear a bit more information about the incident before rushing to conclusions?

No thanks I'm in shock right now ok

 

[Dynedom]

Jeez. I'll be at that Market in a few days. RIP to the victims.

Family became so paranoid about my move to Germany after the summer attacks. This shit isn't going to help with that.

 

[Pluto]

I don't think so. Germany is extremely strict with letting old people drive; they have to take frequent tests to not lose their license.

That's not true at all, in fact many people who probably shouldn't drive still do it because there's nothing anyone can do unless they get into an accident.

 

[mnz]

I don't think so. Germany is extremely strict with letting old people drive; they have to take frequent tests to not lose their license.

Uhm what? That's not true at all.

 

[SpaceWolf]

Dude I can't find anything on the news, am I crazy to expect this to probably be a terrorist or what?

"I can't find anything on the news, so I'd better jump to conclusions"

Yeah, no.

 

[SilentRob]

I don't think so. Germany is extremely strict with letting old people drive; they have to take frequent tests to not lose their license.

This is 100% false.

 

[GlamFM]

I don't think so. Germany is extremely strict with letting old people drive; they have to take frequent tests to not lose their license.

Not true at all.

EDIT: Beaten one million times.

 

[Rektash]

Nothing on tagesschau.de so far so I wouldn't start speculating just yet.

 

[Patrick S.]

"I can't find anything on the news, so I'd better jump to conclusions"

Yeah, no.

Yeah put me on ignore or something