Berlin: Police detain suspect after several killed in deadly Christmas market truck crash

[brooklynite]

Source: Euronews

German police have detained the suspected driver of a truck that ploughed into a crowd at a Christmas market in Berlin, killing at least nine people and injuring up to 50.

A police spokesperson confirmed the arrest and said the truck’s co-driver died during the crash. The police later confirmed the dead passenger was Polish. The nationality of the suspected driver is unclear.

According to Polish media reports, the truck had a Polish numberplate and was registered to a company in Poland. The company’s owner, Ariel Żurawski, was quoted on television as saying he had the utmost confidence in the driver, who he says is his cousin. The driver’s wife reportedly lost contact with him during the afternoon ahead of the crash.

Read more: http://www.euronews.com/2016/12/19/a-truck-has-ploughed-into-a-crowd-at-a-christmas-market-in-berlin-one-person

[AngryAmish]

1. So the driver knocks off Polish dude and decides to go all smashy-smashy.

Kinda a horrible blueprint to have out there.

[mnhtnbb]

2. Death toll up to 12

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/20/berlin-terrorist-attack-what-we-know-so-far

[Yo_Mama]

3. Police think this guy had nothing to do with it right now.

Of course they are still testing and checking his account, but the police suspect that the driver of the vehicle is still out there. Armed and dangerous.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-truck-idUSKBN148287

That's in English. German language articles say that the arrested man's statements (and denial) appear to check out, that no trace of blood was found on him, and that gunshot residue tests on him were negative. I imagine they are sending the clothing he was found wearing through full forensics.

The original driver of the truck was found dead in the cab. He was shot with a small caliber weapon. There was considerable blood. Apparently some bloody clothes were found, so there is some possibility that the driver/attacker changed clothes. But gunshot residue is less easy to remove, although telemetry records show that there were several hours in which the truck was repetitively started, and this is believed to have happened after the driver was killed. One hopes. So there may have been time for a clean-up, but unconfirmed reports say that gunshot residue was found in the cab, so they believe the original driver was shot there. And if so, there should have been at least some gunshot residue on the seat, etc, so some traces should have been transferred to a change of clothing. Unless there were several perps, and the final attacker wasn't the murder/cleanup crew.

So they aren't certain that they don't have the right guy, but they suspect they don't.

[Abouttime]

4. So this might just be a horrible crime

And not terrorism.
FU tRump for crying terrorism before any facts are established.