Security heightened after Berlin truck attack

In an apparant terrorist attack, a lorry crashed into a Christmas market in Berlin on Monday, killing several people and injuring at least 50, a police spokesperson said. The attack comes five months after Tunisian extremist Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel ploughed a 19-tonne truck into a crowd on the Nice seafront in France, killing 86 people. Several people have died while dozens have been injured as police investigate the attack at a market outside the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church on the Kurfuerstendamm and whether it is linked to a terrorist plot. Ambulances and police rushed to the area after the driver drove up the pavement of the market in a central square popular with tourists, in scenes reminiscent of the deadly truck attack in the French city of Nice in July.

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Neha Singh
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