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ISIS Claims Responsibility for Berlin Attack

<p>Tragedy struck Berlin Monday when a semitrailer crashed into a Christmas market full of holiday shoppers&period; Twelve innocents were killed and dozens more were injured&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The suspect &ndash&semi; Tunisian migrant Anis Amri &ndash&semi; fled to Italy and was stopped by two police officers on the outskirts of Milan early Friday morning&period; He&nbsp&semi;pulled out a gun when asked for his ID and shot one of the officers in the shoulder&period; The other officer immediately shot back&comma; unknowingly killing the &ldquo&semi;most-wanted man in Europe&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is unclear just how Amri managed to slip out of Berlin and travel into Italy so quickly&period; Authorities&nbsp&semi;say he has used several names and nationalities during his travels throughout Europe&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 24-year-old had a criminal record in Europe and in Tunisia that included hijacking&comma; assault&comma; and arson&period; He spent four years in an Italian prison&comma; during which authorities submitted a report on his radical behavior&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Italy tried to deport him&comma; but ended up releasing him when Tunisia refused to take him back&period; Germany tried but failed to deport him when he asked for asylum there a year later&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Germans linked Amri to an ISIS recruiter and the young main became the subject of a terrorism probe&period; He was caught researching bomb-making and trying to purchase a gun online&comma; but &&num;8220&semi;officials felt they never had enough evidence to detain him&comma;&rdquo&semi; reports <em>The Washington Post&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Just a few hours after his death&comma; an ISIS-linked news source published a video of Amri swearing allegiance to the terrorist organization&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;God willing&comma; we will slaughter you like pigs&comma;&rdquo&semi; he said in the video&comma; which was allegedly filmed less than two miles from the German Chancellery in Berlin&period; &ldquo&semi;To my brothers everywhere&comma; fight for the sake of Allah&period; Protect our religion&period; Everyone can do this in their own way&period; People who can fight should fight&comma; even in Europe&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Monday&rsquo&semi;s attack in Berlin combined with the July attack in Nice&comma; France and rising crime rates surrounding Germany&rsquo&semi;s new migrant population have incited a widespread demand for reform and increased security that threatens citizens&&num;8217&semi; privacy while promising to keep them safe&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Amri&rsquo&semi;s death may have ended a desperate 72-hour manhunt&comma; but it has also exposed the flaws within Europe&rsquo&semi;s deportation and migrant methods and open border policies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;The Amri case raises a number of questions&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Chancellor Angela Merkel&period; &ldquo&semi;We will now press ahead and look into how far state measures need to be changed&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;If there are others who are guilty or accomplices&comma; we will hold them accountable&comma;&rdquo&semi; she promised &lpar;this will be difficult now that the suspect is dead&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A law that would allow increased video surveillance in train stations and other public places is already in the works&period; And Interior Minister Thomas de Maizi&egrave&semi;re is pushing an existing policy that would allow Germany to detain rejected asylum-seekers who represent a &ldquo&semi;danger to public safety&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;I told the president that we have to significantly speed up the return process and continue to increase the number of returnees&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Merkel&period; &ldquo&semi;We can be relieved at the end of this week that an acute danger has ended&period; The general threat of terrorism&comma; however&comma; continues to exist&comma; as it has for many years&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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