2016 Berlin Christmas market truck attack
Official name | 2016 Berlin Christmas Market Truck Attack |
Year | 2016 |
Date | 12/19 |
Place | Berlin |
Place | Germany |
Place | Europe |
Perpetrator/s | Anis Amri |
Official summary
On 19 December 2016, a truck was deliberately driven into the Christmas market next to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin, leaving 12 people dead and 56 others injured. One of the victims was the truck's original driver, Łukasz Urban, who was found shot dead in the passenger seat. The truck was eventually stopped by its automatic brakes. The perpetrator was Anis Amri, a Tunisian failed asylum seeker. Four days after the attack, he was killed in a shootout with police near Milan in Italy. An initial suspect was arrested and later released due to lack of evidence. The event was designated as a terrorist attack.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant gave Anis Amri instructions. ISIL released a video of Amri pledging allegiance to the terror group's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Fakeology Analysis
* Cluesforum: Berlin Christmas market truck attack [CF 1]
* Other:
- G. Wisnewski: Berlin-Anschlag: Wahrheit oder Lüge? (German - Analyzes the truck imagery and concludes that this truck does not show any signs of contact with human beings. Analyzes also the scene and concludes that there are no signs at all of any kind of accident that involves human beings) [1]
* Mainstream links:
- Telegraph: Berlin terror attack: Tunisian suspect was investigated over earlier terror plot[MSM 1]
- USA Today: Italy's interior minister: Berlin attack suspect shot dead in Milan <ref name=usaberchr group="MSM">USA Today: Italy's interior minister: Berlin attack suspect shot dead in Milan
- ABC: Brownsville man among 2 Americans hurt in Berlin Christmas market attack <ref name group="MSM">ABC: Brownsville man among 2 Americans hurt in Berlin Christmas market attack
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Alleged victims
NAME Age
1 Sebastian Berlin 32
2 Anna Bagratuni 44
3 Gregoriy Bagratuni 44
4 Nada Cizmarova 34
5 Fabrizia Di Lorenzo 31
6 Dalia Elyakim 60
7 Dorit Krebs 53
8 Angelika Klösters 65
9 Łukasz Urban (driver of the hijacked truck) 37
10 Peter Volker 72
11 - erased upon request of family
12 not known
13 Anis Amri (assailant) 23
Note: Names 1-10 (11 was erased after request from family members, 12 is not known as of publishing date of this outlet
Source Link: https://www.journalistenwatch.com/2017/01/31/terroranschlag-breitscheidplatz-den-opfern-einen-namen-geben/ https://www.journalistenwatch.com/2017/01/31/terroranschlag-breitscheidplatz-den-opfern-einen-namen-geben/
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Names 1-10 (11 was erased after request from family members, 12 is not known as of publishing date of this outlet: https://web.archive.org/web/20180218232910/https://www.journalistenwatch.com/2017/01/31/terroranschlag-breitscheidplatz-den-opfern-einen-namen-geben/#
http://www.rozhlas.cz/zpravy/svet/_zprava/mezi-obetmi-utoku-v-berline-byla-i-ceska-oznamilo-ministerstvo-zahranici--1682199 |title= Mezi oběťmi útoku v Berlíně byla i Češka, oznámilo ministerstvo zahraničí | website=rozhlas.cz | date=22 December 2016|publisher=Czech Radio | access-date=23 December 2016
https://www.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/german-police-confirm-death-ukrainian-citizen-berlin-terrorist-attack.html%7Ctitle=German police confirm death of Ukrainian citizen in Berlin terrorist attack (UPDATED) – KyivPost|date=23 December 2016|
http://uatoday.tv/crime/one-ukrainian-among-victims-of-berlin-attack-ambassador-852758.html%7Ctitle=One Ukrainian among victims of Berlin attack – ambassador|publisher
http://www.elconfidencial.com/mundo/2016-12-20/ataque-berlin-espanol-herido_1306581/%7Ctitle=Un español, herido en el atentado de Berlín | language= es| trans-title= A Spaniard wounded in the Berlin bombing| website= ElConfidential.com
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/berlin-lorry-attack-terror-isis-anis-amri-christmas-market-germany-victims-missing-israeli-italian-a7489416.html%7Ctitle=British victims injured in terror attack on Berlin Christmas market|date=21 December 2016|publisher=|accessdate=21 December 2016
http://www.wkyt.com/content/news/2-Americans-confirmed-to-be-injured-in-Berlin-attack-407878695.html |title=2 Americans confirmed to be injured in Berlin attack |publisher=Wkyt.com |date= |accessdate=2016-12-22
http://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/embassy_finn_injured_in_berlin_attack/9368624%7Ctitle= Embassy: Finn injured in Berlin attack| website= www.yle.fi| publisher= Yleisradio| quote= The Finnish Embassy in Berlin says that a Finnish national is among those hurt in Monday's terror attack.
http://dailynewshungary.com/one-hungarian-injured-berlin-terrorist-attack/%7Ctitle=One Hungarian injured in Berlin terrorist attack – Daily News Hungary|date=22 December 2016|publisher=dailynewshungary.com|accessdate=23 December 2016
http://www.ledauphine.com/france-monde/2016/12/22/attentat-de-berlin-le-point-sur-la-situation |title=France/Monde | Attentat de Berlin : une Française parmi les blessés |publisher=Ledauphine.com |date=1970-06-11 |accessdate=2016-12-22 http://mtv.com.lb/en/News/661870%7Ctitle= Lebanese wounded in Berlin Christmas market attack| website= mtv.com.lb| publisher= mtv Lebanon| quote= Lebanon's Embassy in Germany informed the government that a Lebanese man identified as Mohammad Hassan Wehbeh was wounded in the attack on a Christmas market in Berlin.
http://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-38370364%7Ctitle=Live: Police investigate Berlin lorry attack |date= 19 December 2016| website= BBC.com https://www.rbb-online.de/politik/beitrag/2016/12/opfer-anschlag-breitscheidplatz-israelin.html%7Ctitle=Weiterhin 26 Anschlagsopfer im Krankenhaus|publisher=.rbb-online.de
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