Police have evacuated a Christmas market in Berlin that was targeted in a deadly attack three years ago in what turned out to be a false alarm involving an apparent case of mistaken identity. Berlin police tweeted on Saturday evening that they were evacuating the market on the Breitscheidplatz square in the centre of the capital because of indications of a suspicious object. News agency dpa reported that police later said two men had attracted officers’ attention because of their behaviour. There were no arrests, but police said they decided to act because of the location’s history. An Islamic extremist from Tunisia, Anis Amri, drove a stolen truck into the Christmas market on December 19, 2016, killing 12 people, before fleeing the scene.

Source: Irish Examiner December 21, 2019 21:45 UTC