TwitterA truck has crashed into a busy Christmas market in Berlin causing at least nine fatalities and multiple injuries, according to numerous reports.
At least nine people have been confirmed dead and Reuters have claimed that there are over 50 people injured.
BREAKING: Several people killed and up to 50 injured after truck plows into Christmas market in Berlin: local media pic.twitter.com/5l7ff4SP9q
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) December 19, 2016
Police officers at the scene have claimed that they believe it to be an attack, according to Sky News.
#BREAKING Lorry ploughs into crowd in central Berlin, at least one dead: police
— AFP news agency (@AFP) December 19, 2016
Video footage from the scene of the crash show numerous people lying injured on the ground at the Breitscheidplatz market outside the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church.
Photos from the scene also show numerous ambulances responding to the injured.
#berlin tonight Truck drove in a market. Al least one person dead. Many others wounded. Bloody monday pic.twitter.com/REFcexYIP0
— JeanPhi (@jeanphi01) December 19, 2016
The driver of the truck has reportedly now been arrested by police.
BREAKING: German police arrest driver suspected of plowing truck into crowd at Christmas market in Berlin: police spokesman on local TV
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) December 19, 2016
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In July this year, a lorry deliberately drove into a crowd in the French city of Nice, killing 86 people.
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