Not sure where the original thread to this story went...
But here's the latest news concerning the driver of the truck.
"Authorities released an asylum seeker who was arrested shortly after the attack saying they did not have enough evidence to hold him.
As the manhunt continued, ISIS claimed to have inspired the attack. The terror group's affiliated Amaq news agency described the perpetrator as a "soldier of the Islamic State," who had acted in response to calls for attacks in the West.
After the suspect was released, police are "really back to square one in terms of this investigation," said CNN terrorism analyst Paul Cruikshank.
According to German media, the man was identified by witnesses as being the driver of the truck at the time of the incident, but police soon ascertained that this was not the case.
A Polish man found shot to death inside the truck has been identified as its original driver, according to German media.
He was not driving during the incident, police said. The gun used to kill him has not yet been recovered.
The truck, which was owned by a Polish company, was hauling 25 tons of steel before it was steered into the crowd, according to its owner Ariel Zurawksi.
Zurawksi identified the slain driver as his cousin. He said he was happy to be finishing his route from Italy to Berlin and was looking forward to returning to Poland soon.
"He was asking if he should be back home by Thursday night because he still needed to buy a Christmas gift for his wife," Zurawski said."
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But here's the latest news concerning the driver of the truck.
"Authorities released an asylum seeker who was arrested shortly after the attack saying they did not have enough evidence to hold him.
As the manhunt continued, ISIS claimed to have inspired the attack. The terror group's affiliated Amaq news agency described the perpetrator as a "soldier of the Islamic State," who had acted in response to calls for attacks in the West.
After the suspect was released, police are "really back to square one in terms of this investigation," said CNN terrorism analyst Paul Cruikshank.
According to German media, the man was identified by witnesses as being the driver of the truck at the time of the incident, but police soon ascertained that this was not the case.
A Polish man found shot to death inside the truck has been identified as its original driver, according to German media.
He was not driving during the incident, police said. The gun used to kill him has not yet been recovered.
The truck, which was owned by a Polish company, was hauling 25 tons of steel before it was steered into the crowd, according to its owner Ariel Zurawksi.
Zurawksi identified the slain driver as his cousin. He said he was happy to be finishing his route from Italy to Berlin and was looking forward to returning to Poland soon.
"He was asking if he should be back home by Thursday night because he still needed to buy a Christmas gift for his wife," Zurawski said."
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