A 40-year-old Tunisian man has been detained in Berlin in connection with last week’s attack on the Berlin Christmas market, German state prosecutors say.<\/p>\n
They say his number was found on the phone of Anis Amri, who killed 12 people by hijacking a lorry and ramming it through the stalls.<\/p>\n
Police raided the home and workplace of the man in the Tempelhof area of Berlin, German media report.<\/p>\n
Officials have until Thursday to decide whether to formally arrest him.<\/p>\n
Amri was shot dead by police in Milan early last Friday, four days on from the attack, after the 24-year-old Tunisian opened fire and injured an officer during a routine check.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, police in the Netherlands say it was highly likely Amri was spotted on CCTV in Nijmegen station.<\/p>\n
They are investigating whether he travelled there immediately after the market attack, following the discovery of an unused Dutch Sim card in his backpack.<\/p>\n
They believe he was was probably handed the Sim card in Nijmegen station.<\/p>\n
From Nijmegen, it is thought he took a six-hour bus trip to Lyon Party-Dieu station in France – from where he apparently got a train to Milan via Chambery and Turin.<\/p>\n
The Sim card found in his backpack was issued between 20 and 22 December in one of three possible Dutch cities – Breda, Zwolle and Nijmegen, Italian media reported.<\/p>\n
It was widely reported after the attack that German police had searched a refugee centre in Emmerich, just across the border at Nijmegen.<\/p>\n
That Amri was able to travel from Berlin while subject to a European arrest warrant has raised security questions<\/a>.<\/p>\n Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"