BERLIN: Germany will commemorate later Tuesday the victims of last year’s devastating Christmas market attack in Berlin that claimed 12 lives and wounded 70 others, with questions still unsettled about whether the truck assault could have been prevented. Amri himself was shot and killed four days after the attack by police in Italy, where he had previously lived. It was “no ill will, but a misjudgement,” Beck told public broadcaster ZDF, noting that neither Germany, nor the chancellor, were prepared for the attack. Meanwhile revellers have returned to the Christmas market even though memories of last year’s attack still loom large. “It’s an emotional moment to be here,” said Knauer, whose mother lives near the square.

Source: New Strait Times December 19, 2017 23:37 UTC