Germany Christmas attacker still on loose, wrong man in custody, police sources tell German press!
(FOX)- The manhunt for the suspected driver of the truck that rammed into a crowd at a Christmas market killing at least in Berlin continues as Germany prosecutors said they are treating the attack as an act of terrorism.
Peter Frank, the country’s top prosecutor, said Tuesday no group has claimed responsibility of the attack and that it’s not entirely clear whether there was one perpetrator or more when the truck plowed into the popular market outside Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church late Monday, seriously injuring more than 30 people.
He said the suspect in custody – identified as a Pakistani asylum-seeker who has denied any involvement – “may not have been the perpetrator or belong to the group of perpetrators.”
“We must get used to the idea that he was possibly not the perpetrator or that he didn’t belong to the group of perpetrators” he added.
Frank’s announcement comes just hours after police sources told the country’s Die Welt newspaper that they had the “wrong man” and that the true perpetrator “is still armed, at large and can cause fresh damage.”
The prosecutor said the method used in the rampage was reminiscent of July’s truck attack in Nice, France, and of the new “modius operandi” used my Islamic extremist groups.
Berlin police urged people to remain “particularly vigilant” and to report “suspicious movement” to a special hotline.