TERRORIST SHOT DEAD!
Christmas Market Killer dead in a shoot out!
The Berlin Christmas market attacker, Anis Amri, has been killed in Milan just after 3am local time, according to Italian state police. A man hunt was underway for Anis Amri who on Monday took a truck and drove it through a Christmas market in Berlin which left 12 people dead and 48 injured.
He’s dead!
Anis Amri was killed in a shootout on Friday morning.
#BerlinAttack terrorist #AnisAmri was shot in Sesto San Giovanni, #Milan: Police stopped him, he then shot an officer before being shot dead pic.twitter.com/s3KgDWtfJ6
— AnonymousScandinavia (@AnonScan) December 23, 2016
The Associated Press reports:
“Amri, 24, who had spent time in prison in Italy, was stopped by two officers during a routine police check in the Sesto San Giovanni neighborhood of Milan early Friday. He pulled a gun from his backpack after being asked to show his identity papers and was killed in the ensuing shootout.
One of the officers was shot and is in the hospital, but his condition is not life-threatening, Minniti said. The other officer fatally shot Amri.”
Latest: Italy official says man killed in shootout in Milan is “without a shadow of doubt” Berlin market attacker. https://t.co/GGufTHCGie
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 23, 2016
Here’s a photo of police officer who was shot by Amri when he stopped him in Milan –