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Possible Terror Attack on Berlin Christmas Market; Twelve Dead

<p>Twelve holiday shoppers were killed Monday when a black semitrailer plowed through a Christmas market in Berlin&semi; dozens more were injured&period; As of this morning&comma; ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Police took a Pakistani man into suspect on Monday&comma; but he was&nbsp&semi;released Tuesday afternoon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;They&rsquo&semi;re really back to square one in terms of this investigation&comma;&rdquo&semi; reports CNN&rsquo&semi;s Paul Cruickshank&period; &ldquo&semi;It may well be a scenario of a manhunt&comma; a race against time to arrest this individual before they can strike again&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A&nbsp&semi;dead man was found in the truck&&num;8217&semi;s passenger seat after the attack&period; It appears that he was shot&period; Ariel Zurawski&comma; owner of the truck company&comma; told the press that the truck was likely hijacked&period; The truck&rsquo&semi;s normal driver &ndash&semi; Zurawski&rsquo&semi;s cousin &ndash&semi; is still missing&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Berlin police urge the public to stay on the alert as they search for more clues&period; &ldquo&semi;We do not know if there was one perpetrator or several perpetrators yet&comma;&rdquo&semi; said General Prosecutor Justice Peter Frank&period; &ldquo&semi;We do not know if there was support given to the perpetrator&period;&rdquo&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Monday&rsquo&semi;s attack is disturbingly reminiscent of the ISIS truck attack in Nice&comma; France that killed 86 and injured over 200 in July&period; No&nbsp&semi;group has claimed responsibility for the Berlin attack&comma; but we do know that ISIS and other terrorist groups often encourage followers to utilize vehicles as weapons&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Both President-elect Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel believe the crash was a terror attack&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;I&comma; like millions of people in Germany&comma; am horrified and deeply sad about what happened yesterday in Berlin&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Merkel&comma; adding that it would be &ldquo&semi;especially disgusting&rdquo&semi; if the perpetrator had been &ldquo&semi;given protection and asylum in Germany&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;Our hearts and prayers are with the loved ones of the victims of today&rsquo&semi;s horrifying attack in Berlin&comma;&rdquo&semi; said Trump on Monday&period;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ldquo&semi;Innocent civilians were murdered in the streets as they prepared to celebrate the Christmas holiday&period; ISIS and other Islamist terrorists continually slaughter Christians in their communities and places of worship as part of their global jihad&period; These terrorists and their regional and worldwide networks must be eradicated from the face of the earth&comma; a mission we will carry out with all freedom-loving partners&period;&rdquo&semi;&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Editor&&num;8217&semi;s note&colon;<&sol;strong> Per the typical political correctness&comma; no one is yet saying the words &&num;8220&semi;radical Islamic terrorist&period;&&num;8221&semi; &nbsp&semi;How does that song go &&num;8211&semi; &&num;8220&semi;how do we sleep when our beds are burning&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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