Minister: arrested is asylum seeker from Pakistan.

Die Welt: It is possible that the wrong person was arrested, the perpetrator was armed and on the run!

The head of the Berlin police Klaus Kandt told reporters that he could not confirm that the arrested man was driving the truck

Die Welt reports that the Berlin police say a man arrested for yesterday's attack might not be the driver who committed the attack. The head of the Berlin police Klaus Kandt told reporters that he could not confirm that the arrested man was driving the truck.

- We got the wrong person - says an unnamed source from the Berlin police for Die Welt.

- And so the new situation. The real perpetrator is still armed and on the run and can cause other damage - are added.

Berlin police on Twitter called on the citizens to look out for arrest denying guilt.

The temporary arrested suspect denies the offense.

Therefore we are particulary alert.

Please also be alert. # Breitscheidplatz

- PolizeiBerlinEinsatz (@PolizeiBerlin_E) December 20, 2016

Not arrested at the anti-terrorist lists

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said this afternoon that yesterday's attack in Berlin is undoubtedly a terrorist attack and that the 48 injured, 18 of them very severely wounded.

De Maiziere said he was arrested a Pakistani man who arrived in Germany on 31 December 2015 and in Berlin in February. Woman arrested after the attack so far rejected involvement, he added. An application for asylum has not been completed arrested, he said. The arrested is not on the anti-terrorist lists.

He added that the driver who was found dead in a truck - apparently the driver from which the attacker stole a truck - died of wounds inflicted gunshot, but it is still investigating. The gun was not found.

De Maiziere said that talks balochi arrested, one of the five regional languages ​​spoken in paksitan. He said that in the past had problems with the examination because they could not find any interpreter who speaks balochi.

The local station rbb said earlier security sources, according to which the driver is 23-year-old asylum seeker from Pakistan who came to Germany via the Balkan route and Passau on the Austrian border in December 2015 and is already known to the police after minor offenses. Die Welt writes that the man called Naved B., and that the special morning searched hangar at Berlin's Tempelhof airport, where Naved lived in a refugee camp. Police detained without a hearing a few younger men.

- Truck driver Navid B. was born in 1993 and most likely in February via the Balkan route arrived as a refugee in Germany, where he first registered in Passau - occurs daily Bild referring to the security services. ARD public service reports that the Pakistani refugees in Germany arrived on New Year's Eve 2015, and that the authorities have already known for petty crime. The suspect has already been transported to Karlsruhe, where he in the Chief State Attorney's Office throughout the day should be remanded in custody.

"A normal guy"

A man who knows Naveda B. from refugee camp said that "normal guy", reports the Guardian.

Welt says that according to their sources for a few days there are indications that could happen assault on a Christmas market in Berlin. The police case is considered probable terrorist attack.

According to the BBC, the suspect fled after the attack from there, and was picked up about 2 km away. One was an unknown hero monitored and warned the police on him. Police spokesman Winfried Wenzel said the courageous witness called police after the suspects followed more than a kilometer.

- The driver probably wanted to hide in the darkness of the park, but fortunately failed - said Wenzel.

Police are investigating the clues to which the attacker stole a truck from the construction site of a Polish citizen, who was found in the vehicle. The owner of the truck, also a Pole, confirmed that the driver disappeared and was not available as of Monday afternoon. The company has still managed to get to the satellite tracking information, and have found that in 15:44 somebody tried to start the truck, but it started only a few hours later because you probably did not know how to start it.

Poland TVN24 station announced that the driver 37-year-old Lukasz Urban and died of stab wounds. His cousin Ariel Zurawski said the truck was hijacked on its way from Italy to Berlin, where he was transporting steel. He added that the driver had parked the truck in Berlin until Tuesday due to delays in delivery.

Berlin police preventively increased the number of patrols and officers will wear and automatic guns and body armor.

Source:
http://www.vecernji.hr/svijet/napadac-je-23-godisnji-pakistanac-koji-je-dosao-u-njemacku-kao-izbjeglica-neznani-junak-pratio-ga-je-i-dojavio-policiji-1136881

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Berlin police - "We have the wrong man"
By Michael Behrendt Last update: 14:29 hrs Lesedauer: 2 minutes

The Berlin police assume that the arrested Pakistani is not the death driver.

"We have the wrong man," says the Berlin police.

"And thus a new situation. For the true perpetrator is still armed at large and can cause new damage. "

In the Berlin police, it is assumed that the arrested Pakistani is not the death driver. The "world" experienced this from high-ranking security crises.

The allegations of the alleged perpetrator had been examined and considered to be correct. "We have the wrong man," says the Berlin police. "And thus a new situation. For the real culprit is still armed at large and can cause new damage. "The capital's preparedness police and the special forces were informed.

According to the Berlin police chairman Klaus Kandt, the investigators are not sure whether the detainee was the driver of the death truck. The investigations continued, he told journalists in Berlin.
Machine guns and stone barriers
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Kandt also announced a robust presence of the police. At the entrances of Christmas markets police officers were posted with machine guns and protective vests. Stone barriers would be built. The threat posed by Islamic terrorists had not changed. "The worst has happened."

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Earlier, German Minister of the Interior, Thomas de Maizière (CDU), reported that the suspect was denying an offense. According to him, he comes from Pakistan. He was submitted to Germany on 31 December 2015 and registered, said the minister. His asylum procedure has not yet been concluded after several attempts at a hearing have not taken place.

In the cab of the truck was found according to information of the news agency dpa blood-smeared clothes. In the case of the suspect who was later arrested at some distance from the crime scene, on the other hand, no clothing stained with blood was found, according to security circles. When he was arrested, he did not have a weapon at his disposal, the "Tagesspiegel" reported.
"No more doubt that it was a matter of attack"

According to de Maizière, "there is no longer any doubt that the terrible event last night was an attack." The semitrailer was consciously controlled in the human population. "We are dealing with a brutal assassination attempt," said the minister. An official confession of a terrorist group does not yet exist, but indirect assurances.

On Monday evening a truck drove to the Christmas market at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. Twelve people were killed, 48 were injured. De Maizière said that only a few of the dead were identified. According to him, 18 people who are still in treatment suffered serious injuries.

Source:
https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article160462226/Berliner-Polizei-Wir-haben-den-falschen-Mann.html

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