Anis Amri, the man believed to be behind the Christmas market in Berlin was killed in a shootout in Milan, Italy’s Interior Minister Marco Minniti said at a press conference in Rome.
Italy’s Interior Minister Marco Minniti said during a press conference that Anis Amri was stopped on foot by police patrols at around 3 a.m. during a routine check in the Sesto San Giovanni neighborhood.
The location of the shootout outside the Sesto San Giovanni train station is shown in the BBC map below:
Italian police say that when stopped, Amri – who was walking by himself after arriving from France – pulled a 22 caliber gun from his backpack, shouted “God is greatest” in Arabic and opened fire, injuring an officer. A second policeman with only nine months’ service returned fire, killing him, they add.
“Without any doubt the person killed is Anis Amri, the man suspected in the Berlin terrorist attack,” Minniti said.
Taking a sideways jab at Merkel and her inability to capture Amri, Minniti praised the officers involved, saying: “As soon as this person entered our country he was the most wanted man in Europe and we immediately identified him and neutralised him and this means our security is working really well.”
One police officer was injured, but his injuries are not life-threatening, according to tweets from the police.
This post was published at Zero Hedge on Dec 23, 2016.
Follow on Twitter
Recent Comments