Police stand in front of the truck which ploughed last night into a crowded Christmas market in the German capital Berlin, Germany, December 20, 2016. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
BERLIN (Reuters) - German authorities have detained a Tunisian man they suspect of involvement in the truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market last week that killed 12 people, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
The Islamic State militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which some critics say was made easier by Chancellor Angela Merkel's open-door migrant policy.
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