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Lorry attack(?) at German Christmas market
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 4:08 pm
by DrEvil
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/ ... mas-marketBerlin: truck crashes into Christmas market
One person killed after vehicle runs into market, with local media unsure whether it was accident or attack
One person has died after a truck ploughed into a Christmas market in Berlin, German police have said.
Local media reports suggested the vehicle ran into the market outside the landmark Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church on Monday evening. They said police at the scene had said initial indications pointed to an attack.
A photograph posted by the Morgenpost showed damaged tables and stalls, while footage posted online by the same outlet showed a truck on the scene and police officers investigating. The Berliner Zeitung said police also believed there to be multiple injuries.
Both newspapers reported it wasn’t not immediately clear whether the incident was an accident or some kind of an attack on the market.
Breitscheidplatz, where the market was set up, is one of Berlin’s busiest shopping areas.
According to Berliner Zeitung, the lorry veered off Budapester Strasse across the pavement and stopped just before the Christmas tree on the square. The street has been cordoned off and a meeting point for relatives has been set up. The Christmas market has been cleared and a police spokesman said there are concerns the crash may have caused a gas leak.
Latest I've seen is several dead, 50 injured and the police saying it is an attack.
Re: Lorry attack at German Christmas market
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 4:10 pm
by tapitsbo
there was a shooting too in another German city.
right after the BND called bullshit on the "russian hackers" narrative Merkel has been trying to cut and paste onto the coming German election
Re: Lorry attack at German Christmas market
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 4:33 pm
by DrEvil
Zürich is in Switzerland if this is what you're thinking of:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 85111.htmlZurich shooting: Three people injured at Islamic centre
Three men were "badly injured" after gunman opened fire on people praying at an Islamic Centre in Zurich police said.
The victims, aged 30, 35 and 56 were hit at around 5:30pm local time.
An official said officers were swarming to the scene in pursuit of the gunman who remains at large. He was not authorized to speak publicly about the matter.
Attacks by armed gunmen are rare in Switzerland.
Re: Lorry attack at German Christmas market
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 4:34 pm
by DrEvil
Update on the Truck attack:
9 dead, 50 injured, driver is on the loose, truck had Polish plates.
Edit: One dead in the truck, another arrested.
Re: Lorry attack at German Christmas market
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 4:34 pm
by tapitsbo
Sorry, my bad, I misread "munich"
Re: Lorry attack(?) at German Christmas market
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 5:04 pm
by MacCruiskeen
the police are currently going on the assumption that it was intentional
nine dead, many injured, plus a dead man in passenger seat
driver tried to flee, was caught
this is at the very centre of west berlin
berliner zeitung's live newsfeed here in german:
http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/berlin/b ... --25341200mayor michael müller is now there, say the situatiion is "dramatic" but "under control"
public advised to stay at home
still not entirely clear if the man arrested is the driver; some say the driver was shot too. confused reports.#
Time of the incident is given here, to the minute: 20:14
20:14 - Ein LKW rast in den Weihnachtsmarkt am Breitscheidplatz. Von der Budapester Straße kommend fährt er über den Fußweg und kommt unmittelbar vor der Weihnachtstanne zum Stehen. (BLZ)
– Quelle:
http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/25341200 ©2016
lorry said to be traveling "at high speed"
Re: Lorry attack(?) at German Christmas market
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 5:42 pm
by MacCruiskeen
22. 03. on polish radio TVN24 ariel z., part-owner of the polish company that owns the lorry says his brother drove it from danzig to berlin, says the brother has 15 years experience as a driver and that he can't imagine he did it.
first reports say the lorry drove 80 metres across the pedestrianised square before halting
cuurently 130 firemen/paramedics there
Re: Lorry attack(?) at German Christmas market
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 5:50 pm
by JackRiddler
Just off the phone about this, my people are fine.
It really sucks.
This is right across from Bahnhof Zoo, for those who don't know, once the center of West Berlin and very busy place.
Re: Lorry attack(?) at German Christmas market
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 6:31 pm
by MacCruiskeen
Re: Lorry attack(?) at German Christmas market
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 6:47 pm
by Morty
I thought it was interesting how the lorry attack happened so soon after the Russian ambassador murder that it kind of took the wind out of the ambassador assassination story, as far as the news cycle goes.
Re: Lorry attack(?) at German Christmas market
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 7:27 pm
by seemslikeadream
Five terrorist attacks this week Ankara, Berlin, Zurich and Jordan
and the assassination
edit again because now there has been 2 attacks in Jordan correct number of attacks
Re: Lorry attack(?) at German Christmas market
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 8:09 pm
by smoking since 1879
outlaw trucks/lorries, that should solve it.
do you think we can get facebook onboard ?
(no pun intended)
Re: Lorry attack(?) at German Christmas market
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 10:42 pm
by tapitsbo
self driving uber and google cars will solve this forever!
Re: Lorry attack(?) at German Christmas market
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2016 4:52 am
by kool maudit
Lorries: have they gone too far?
Re: Lorry attack(?) at German Christmas market
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2016 8:28 am
by Spiro C. Thiery
This remind you of anyone on the board?
Yesterday at 3:04
Look, radical wackos: This is Berlin. We are Berlin. We ride the S-Bahn in rush hour. We grumble when you're friendly to us. Our taxi drivers are more dangerous than any converts. We bitch at the supermarket. We believe that Union will rise and Hertha is gonna make it to the Champions League. We eat kebabs and raw fish - at a price that guarantees that there is neither fish nor meat in it. Schultheiss is a beer here. And Sternburg! And we idolize our children, even if they're lactose-intolerant. Whatever that is. We have nine months of winter and go straight to work from parties. Some of us are Turks. Or Russians. Or Americans. Pakistanis, yes! Or even Baden-Württemberger. Afraid of you?! Dream on, pussies?! Up yours!
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