Category: Germany

Truck mows through German holiday market, killing 9

A passenger in the truck, which stopped after running down several vendor stands, was among the dead in a Berlin market. – A truck rammed into a crowded Christmas market in central Berlin on Monday evening, killing at least nine people and injuring around 50 as it tore through tables and wooden stands.

Trump links Islamist terrorists with Berlin attack

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Monday condemned the attack on a Christmas market in Berlin that killed 12 people, saying that “Islamist terrorists” were responsible for it. “ISIS and other Islamist terrorists continually slaughter Christians in their communities and places of worship as part of their global jihad,” Trump said in a statement quoted by Reuters and using an acronym for the Islamic State jihadist group.

Nine dead, 50 injured, as truck rams into Berlin Christmas market

Emergency services at the scene where a truck ploughed into a crowded Christmas market outside the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin A “suspicious person” – thought to be the driver – was arrested near the scene and a passenger in the lorry died “on the spot”, authorities said. Berlin Police tweeted: “A suspicious person was arrested near #Breitscheidplatz.

12 killed after truck rams Berlin Christmas market crowd

A truck rammed into a crowded Christmas market in central Berlin on Monday evening, killing at least 12 people and injuring around 50 as it tore through tables and wooden stands. Police said a suspect believed to be the driver was arrested nearby and a passenger died as paramedics were treating him.

At least 12 killed after truck hits Berlin, Germany Christmas Market

Berlin police have raised the death toll to 12 after a truck rammed into a Christmas market in the German capital. Germany’s top security official says that he’s not ready to call incident at Christmas market an “attack,” but adds that there are many indications pointing to the truck crash that killed nine people in Berlin as having been intentional.

Several killed when truck plows into Berlin Christmas market :0

Police and emergency workers stand next to a crashed truck at the site of an accident at a Christmas market on Breitscheidplatz square. A truck plowed into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin, Germany, on Monday night, killing multiple people and injuring at least 50 in a possible terrorist attack, according to published reports.

Several killed when truck plows into Berlin Christmas market :0

Police and emergency workers stand next to a crashed truck at the site of an accident at a Christmas market on Breitscheidplatz square. A truck plowed into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin, Germany, on Monday night, killing multiple people and injuring at least 50 in a possible terrorist attack, according to published reports.

9 Dead After Truck Plows Into Crowd at Berlin Christmas Market

A truck ploughed into a crowded Christmas market in the German capital Berlin on Monday evening, killing nine people and injuring up to 50 others, police said. German media, citing police at the scene, said first indications pointed to an attack on the market, situated at the foot of the ruined Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church, which was kept as a bombed-out ruin after World War Two.

Deutsche Bank chairman rules out pan-European merger -Frankfurter Allgemeine

Germany’s biggest lender last week announced a $7.2 billion settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over its sale and pooling of toxic mortgage securities in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis. “At the moment the fantasy for a pan-European merger is muted as we have other priorities,” Achleitner told the weekly newspaper in an interview published on Saturday.