Just days before Christmas on this day three years ago, Berlin was hit by a terror attack that claimed the lives of 12 innocent people and shocked the country. It led to increased security measures being put in place around the market, including steel pedestals and sand-weighed mesh baskets. The victims of the attack were Anna and Georgiy Bagratuni, Sebastian Berlin, Nada Cizmar, Fabrizia Di Lorenzo, Dalia Elyakim, Christoph Herrlich, Klaus Jacob, Angelika Klösters, Dorit Krebs, Lukasz Urban and Peter Völker. "And of course it was no coincidence - it was the perpetrator's intention, to crash into the Christmas market near the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in the heart of the German capital and our city." The Breitscheidplatz market is one of the most popular in Berlin.

Source: The Local December 19, 2019 10:30 UTC