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At Least 9 Dead And Several Injured,Truck Plows Into Crowd At Berlin Christmas Market

A truck has ploughed into a Christmas market in western Berlin killing nine and injuring several people, according to police.


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




A police spokesperson told German media that they are treating the truck incident in Berlin as a terrorist attack. “It looked like [it was done] on purpose,” a police officer who witnessed the incident.


Police said that “numerous” people had been injured, but there is presently no information on potential fatalities.  According to a spokesperson of Berlin Fire Department, “around 50” received injuries. The cause of the incident is not yet clear.Police evacuated the Christmas market and sealed it off. Law enforcement also set up a special area for the relatives of those injured.



RT

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