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Berlin attack: European arrest warrant issued for Tunisian suspect
Source: The Guardian
Berlin attack: European arrest warrant issued for Tunisian suspect
Notice says Anis Amri should be considered armed and dangerous
and appears to have used six different aliases
Philip Oltermann in Berlin and agencies
Wednesday 21 December 2016 16.22 GMT
German authorities have issued a European arrest warrant for a Tunisian man with alleged ties to Islamic extremists who has been identified as a suspect in the Berlin Christmas market attack that killed 12 people on Monday.
The wanted notice, obtained by the Associated Press, says Anis Amri should be considered armed and dangerous and appears to have used six different aliases and three different nationalities.
Amri is being sought in Germany and across Europe’s border-free travel zone, the interior minister, Thomas de Maizière, said after briefing parliament’s domestic affairs committee. He stressed: “This is a suspect, not necessarily the perpetrator. We are still investigating in all directions.”
Stephan Mayer, a senior politician with the governing CSU party, said the suspect was in his early 20s and apparently used various identities. He was considered by authorities to be part of the “Salafist-Islamist scene” and apparently had spent time in pre-deportation detention in Germany after his asylum application was rejected.
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Notice says Anis Amri should be considered armed and dangerous
and appears to have used six different aliases
Philip Oltermann in Berlin and agencies
Wednesday 21 December 2016 16.22 GMT
German authorities have issued a European arrest warrant for a Tunisian man with alleged ties to Islamic extremists who has been identified as a suspect in the Berlin Christmas market attack that killed 12 people on Monday.
The wanted notice, obtained by the Associated Press, says Anis Amri should be considered armed and dangerous and appears to have used six different aliases and three different nationalities.
Amri is being sought in Germany and across Europe’s border-free travel zone, the interior minister, Thomas de Maizière, said after briefing parliament’s domestic affairs committee. He stressed: “This is a suspect, not necessarily the perpetrator. We are still investigating in all directions.”
Stephan Mayer, a senior politician with the governing CSU party, said the suspect was in his early 20s and apparently used various identities. He was considered by authorities to be part of the “Salafist-Islamist scene” and apparently had spent time in pre-deportation detention in Germany after his asylum application was rejected.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/21/berlin-attack-german-police-leads
