By Michelle Martin and Sabine Siebold BERLIN (Reuters) – A Pakistani asylum-seeker arrested on suspicion of killing 12 people by mowing through a Berlin Christmas market in a truck may not be the attacker, and the real perpetrator could still be on the run, German police said on Tuesday. News of the arrest of the 23-year-old Pakistani led politicians in Germany and beyond to demand a crackdown on immigration. Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters: "There is much we still do not know with sufficient certainty but we must, as things stand now, assume it was a terrorist attack." She added: "I know it would be especially hard for us all to bear if it were confirmed that the person who committed this act was someone who sought protection and asylum." In a dramatic twist, police later said the suspect had denied the offence and might not be the right man.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/truck-plows-crowd-berlin-christmas-market-nine-dead-002437514.html

This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 20th, 2016 at 9:08 am and is filed under World. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.