Police released latest arrested suspect in Berlin market attack - media


  • World
  • Wednesday, 21 Dec 2016

German police officers guard a Christmas market in the Prenzlauer Berg district in eastern Berlin, Germany, December 20, 2016, following a truck that ploughed into a crowded Christmas market killed 12 people at Breitscheidplatz in western Berlin. REUTERS/Christian Mang

BERLIN (Reuters) - German police arrested another suspect in the early hours of Wednesday morning related to an attack on a Christmas market in Berlin that killed 12 people but later released him, German broadcaster rbb reported on Wednesday.

On Tuesday evening police also released a Pakistani asylum-seeker who was arrested near the scene shortly after Monday's attack and authorities warned the attacker is on the run and may be armed.

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