In the last hour it’s been reported that Germany is now on the hunt for a Tunisian suspect named Anis Amri, who they believe was the driver of the semi that killed 12 people in Berlin on Monday:
BREAKING: Wanted notice: Suspect in Berlin attack uses 6 different aliases; considered armed and dangerous.
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 21, 2016
The Latest: Wanted notice for Tunisian suspect in the truck attack says he's armed, has used 6 different aliases. https://t.co/fsKX10hYUg
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 21, 2016
Here’s more:
AP –
4:55 p.m.
A wanted notice for a Tunisian suspect in the truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin says the man should be considered armed and dangerous.
The notice, a European arrest warrant from Germany obtained by The Associated Press, indicates he has at times used six different aliases and three different nationalities.
It names Anis Amri as having Tunisian citizenship, born in the town of Ghaza. But it lists multiple aliases, many of them variants on his name, and Egyptian and Lebanese citizenship as well.
German authorities say they rejected the man’s asylum request in July.
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4 p.m.
A senior German security official says the Tunisian man being sought in connection with Monday’s truck attack in Berlin had been considered a possible terror threat by German authorities.
The interior minister of North Rhine-Westphalia state, Ralf Jaeger, says “security agencies exchanged information about this person in the joint counter-terrorism center, the last time in November.”
Jaeger told reporters on Wednesday that state police had launched proceedings against the man on suspicion that he was preparing a serious crime.
Separately, he says German authorities rejected the man’s asylum request in July.
We’ll bring you more on this as we get it.