What we know about Christmas market attack in Berlin

What we know

• At around 8pm CET on Monday, December 19, a lorry ploughed into a Christmas market in Berlin’s Breitscheidplatz in a deliberate attack.
• The death toll stands at 12, with 48 injured, 18 seriously according to German police.
• German interior minister Thomas de Maiziere says the attacker could still be at large.
• ISIL claims responsibility for the attack.
• A Pakistani asylum seeker who was arrested after having allegedly fled the scene of the attack, has now been released due to lack of evidence.
• Polish truck driver whose vehicle was used in attack was found dead in cab of lorry.

Where did the ‘attack’ happen?

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