https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Tunisian Anis Amri, who drove a truck into a crowded Berlin Christmas market, took a selfie in front of Chancellor Angela Merkel's apartment in the weeks before the attack, sources close to the investigation confirmed Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20191024/berlin-christmas-market-attacker-took-selfie-near-merkels-home Thu, 24 Oct 2019 14:52:27 +0200 berlin-christmas-market-attacker-took-selfie-near-merkels-home German prosecutors have formally charged a Russian Islamist and acquaintance of Berlin Christmas market attacker Anis Amri with plotting an explosives attack, prosecutors said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20190305/russian-islamist-charged-with-bomb-plot-in-germany Tue, 05 Mar 2019 15:11:40 +0100 russian-islamist-charged-with-bomb-plot-in-germany Italy has expelled a Tunisian suspected of ties to Berlin Christmas market attacker Anis Amri, the interior ministry said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170513/italy-expels-tunisian-linked-to-berlin-market-attacker Sat, 13 May 2017 20:47:59 +0200 italy-expels-tunisian-linked-to-berlin-market-attacker Italian police said Friday they had helped their German counterparts neutralise a Berlin-based Islamist terror cell with links to Christmas market attack suspect Anis Amri. https://www.thelocal.de/20170428/italy-shuts-down-berlin-terror-cell-linked-to-christmas-market-attacker Fri, 28 Apr 2017 17:02:23 +0200 italy-shuts-down-berlin-terror-cell-linked-to-christmas-market-attacker Germany has extradited to Tunisia a man linked to the slain suspect of the deadly Christmas market attack in Berlin, the prosecution in the North African country said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170203/germany-extradites-tunisian-linked-to-berlin-attacker Fri, 03 Feb 2017 09:32:12 +0100 germany-extradites-tunisian-linked-to-berlin-attacker One of the tragedies of the Berlin Christmas market terror attack is that, in hindsight, it seems to have been so preventable. But putting the terrorist behind bars wasn't so simple. https://www.thelocal.de/20170105/how-police-knew-of-amris-terror-plans-but-still-couldnt-stop-him Thu, 05 Jan 2017 14:01:47 +0100 how-police-knew-of-amris-terror-plans-but-still-couldnt-stop-him Federal prosecutors are set to release more information on Wednesday about two men suspected of being in contact with Isis terrorist who killed 12 people in Berlin Christmas market attack. https://www.thelocal.de/20170104/police-investigate-potential-contact-men-of-berlin-christmas-market-attacker Wed, 04 Jan 2017 10:16:27 +0100 police-investigate-potential-contact-men-of-berlin-christmas-market-attacker Federal investigators have started to piece together the life of Anis Amri and how he managed to escape the law for four days after attacking a Berlin Christmas market. https://www.thelocal.de/20161230/berlin-truck-attack-11-days-on-what-we-know-and-dont-know Fri, 30 Dec 2016 11:31:29 +0100 berlin-truck-attack-11-days-on-what-we-know-and-dont-know A 40-year-old Tunisian man held on suspicion of being an accomplice of jihadist Berlin truck attacker Anis Amri has been freed, prosecutors said Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20161229/tunisian-suspect-in-germany-truck-attack-freed-prosecutors Thu, 29 Dec 2016 16:42:04 +0100 tunisian-suspect-in-germany-truck-attack-freed-prosecutors Federal investigators on Wednesday detained a 40-year-old Tunisian man in Berlin believed to have helped Anis Amri, the man who attacked a Christmas market, killing 12 people. https://www.thelocal.de/20161228/police-arrest-contact-man-for-truck-attacker-in-berlin-report Wed, 28 Dec 2016 15:12:56 +0100 police-arrest-contact-man-for-truck-attacker-in-berlin-report Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday ordered a sweeping review of Germany's security apparatus, which has drawn withering criticism after a known jihadist killed 12 people in a Berlin Christmas market. https://www.thelocal.de/20161223/merkel-orders-security-review-after-botched-amri-case Fri, 23 Dec 2016 18:11:01 +0100 merkel-orders-security-review-after-botched-amri-case On Friday, Anis Amri, the man wanted over Monday's attack on a Berlin Christmas market, was shot by police in Milan, Italy's Interior Minister has confirmed. https://www.thelocal.de/20161223/berlin-attack-suspect-shot-in-milan-what-we-know Fri, 23 Dec 2016 11:58:41 +0100 berlin-attack-suspect-shot-in-milan-what-we-know In shock after he was named the prime suspect in the Berlin market attack, Anis Amri's family says he fled Tunisia seeking a better life, only to find more trouble and misery. https://www.thelocal.de/20161222/family-of-truck-attack-suspect-react-with-disbelief-denial Thu, 22 Dec 2016 18:27:05 +0100 family-of-truck-attack-suspect-react-with-disbelief-denial