BREAKING! Berlin terrorist suspect SHOT DEAD during police shootout in Italy!!

by SooperMexican

USA Today is reporting but has not independently verified that Anis Amri, the suspect in the Christmas Market attack, has been shot dead by police in a shootout:

The Tunisian national sought in connection with the Berlin truck attack that killed 12 people and injured dozens has been shot dead in Italy, according to a media report.

Reuters reported that Anis Amri was killed in a shootout in Milan. The Italian news agency ANSA said that a man killed in Milan was Amri. The reports could not be independently verified by USA TODAY.

Amri was seen outside a mosque about eight hours after the assault and less than three miles from the Christmas market where the attack happened.

Images published late Thursday by German broadcaster RBB show Amri, 24, standing in front of a mosque in Berlin’s Moabit area. The mosque is close to where investigators think the Polish-registered truck was hijacked before being driven into Breitscheidplatz. Police have not commented on the images, caught on closed-circuit television.

Authorities in Germany and across Europe are still searching for Amri, the prime suspect in Monday’s attack in the German capital.

UPDATE – Here’s a news report from Fox about the shootout:

These are reportedly pictures of the police around his dead body:

UPDATE!

Sky News has more details about what happened during the shootout:

Italian reports say a man was killed in the shootout near the train station in Milan after he was stopped by police on a routine check in the early hours of Friday.

The Italian interior minister will hold a news conference later in the morning.

The reports said the man pulled out a gun after he was asked for his identity papers. He shot and injured a policeman.

The man, who reportedly had a train ticket from France in his pocket, shouted “Allahu Akbar”, or “God is Great”, in the firefight.

Let’s hope that the reports are correct, that the terrorist is dead and the policeman is OK, and Christmas came early.

I’ll update as more information comes in.


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