Thread: Berlin terror attack suspect killed in shootout with Italian police

Berlin terror attack suspect killed in shootout with Italian police

Ansi Amri was fatally shot by police in northern Italy early Friday.

(GERMAN FEDERAL POLICE OFFICE/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

BY CHRIS SOMMERFELDT
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Updated: Friday, December 23, 2016, 5:15 AM

Anis Amri, the Tunisian national suspected of carrying out the brutal terror attack that killed at least 12 people in Berlin earlier this week, was killed in a shootout with Italian police early Friday, authorities said.

Amri, 24, was stopped for a standard customs check in a suburb outside Milan around 3 p.m. local time, according to several local media reports. When border police asked him for identification, Amri allegedly pulled out a handgun and began firing while repeatedly shouting “Allah Akbar” — the Arabic term for “God is great.”

Officers returned fire, mortally wounding the suspected terrorist. At least one officer suffered non-life threatening injuries in the exchange of gunfire, police said.

Angelino Alfano, Italy's interior minister, said during a Friday morning press conference that authorities had confirmed Amri's death.

Brother of Berlin attack suspect urges fugitive kin to surrender
Amri killed at least 12 people when he plowed a truck into a large crowd of Christmas shoppers in central Berlin.

(PAUL ZINKEN/EPA)
Amri had been on the run since Monday, when he plowed a hijacked 25-ton truck into a busy Christmas bazaar next to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Central Berlin, injuring nearly 50 people in addition to the dozen dead.

He triggered a Europe-wide manhunt after the bloody terrorist attack, which drew eerie parallels to an attack carried out by another Tunisian national in Nice, France over the summer that left nearly 90 people dead. ISIS has claimed responsibility for both attacks.
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Thank you Italy. great job, and good riddance to another murdering terrorist!