A lorry has ploughed into a busy Christmas market in the heart of Berlin, killing nine people and injuring many more, police say. Police say they suspect it was a deliberate attack. Video shows stalls knocked over and people lying injured. A suspicious person has been arrested nearby, while a passenger was found dead, police say. The market is at Breitscheidplatz, close to the Kurfuerstendamm, the main shopping street in the city's west. Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman, Steffen Seibert, tweeted to say: "We are in mourning for the dead and hope that the many injured can get help."
There are now reports from local police that 12 people have been confirmed killed in the attack.
https://twitter.com/polizeiberlin/status/810940347006197760
A man stormed into a Zurich mosque on Monday evening and opened fire on people praying, injuring three, Swiss police said.
They said they had collected evidence inside the building and would make more details available on Tuesday. They declined to comment on the potential motive.
Two of the three men -- aged 30, 35 and 56 -- were seriously injured in the attack shortly after 5:30 p.m. local time (1630 GMT) near the main train station in Switzerland's financial capital, Zurich police said.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday December 20 2016, @10:24PM
There are none so blind as those who will not see. The man was a refugee. He was brought into the country as a refugee, with all his paperwork in order to establish that status. The article stated as much . A refugee - who turned on his benefactors. The dog that bites the hand that feeds him. Are you getting it now?
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/745447/Asylum-seeker-migrant-arrested-Berlin-lorry-terror-attack [express.co.uk]
Alright - updated article here, seems to suggest they got the wrong attacker. But it explains quite well that the refugee status of the attacker is important.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/who-naved-b-pakistani-refugee-9488870 [mirror.co.uk]