Search for Berlin Christmas market attacker

German police are hunting for a Tunisian man over the truck attack on a crowded Berlin Christmas market that killed at least 12 people

1.25 miles 1km

Possible lorry hijack location

Tiergarten

BERLIN

Breitscheidplatz Scene of attack

Tempelhof airport

Brandenburg Gate

Dec 19, around 3pm local time Polish lorry driver Lukasz Urban has his vehicle hijacked, possibly neartruck depot in Berlin

Afternoon: GPS data shows lorry’s engine being started three times, as if driver was beginner

7.34pm: Lorry driven towardsscene of attack at Breitscheidplatz

After 8pm: Lorry smashes into market stalls and shoppers outside Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church.After attack, Urban found dead in lorry, apparently stabbed and shot to death by hijacker

9pm: Pakistani asylum seeker arrested in Tiergarten based on description from witnesses of suspect who fled lorry after attack

Overnight: Police raid refugee shelter at Tempelhof airport where suspect is registered

Dec 20: Police release suspect,named as Naved B, due to lack of evidence. So-called Islamic State group claims responsibility for attack

Dec 21: Hunt said to be underwayin state of North Rhine-Westphalia for Tunisian man named Anis A (right),whose asylum papers were found in cab of lorry. Suspect may have been injured in struggle with Urban

Kleve: Town where Anis A’s identity documents were reportedly issued

BEL. 
LUX.
FRANCE
SWITZ.
NETHERLANDS
Berlin
GERMANY
North Rhine-Westphalia
200km 125 miles
POLAND
CZECH REP.
AUSTRIA

Source: Wire agencies
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