Berlin on Terror Alert as German Police Resume Hunt for Killer
- Authorities let go of Pakistani asylum seeker who was detained
- Islamic State claim responsibility for the deadly assault
Merkel: We Have to Assume This Was a Terror Attack
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German investigators intensified their search for the perpetrator of a deadly truck assault on a Christmas market in Berlin after an initial suspect was released, deepening the fear and uncertainty over what Chancellor Angela Merkel called a terrorist act.
The manhunt comes after a Pakistani asylum seeker was detained and let go because authorities said the evidence at this point doesn’t strongly suggest the man committed the crime. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere indicated the assailant was still on the run as Islamic State said on its Amaq news agency that one of its followers carried out the attack that killed 12 people.