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Police launched a massive manhunt Wednesday for Anis Amri, a Tunisian man who was denied asylum earlier this year and who has previously been under investigation for potentially planning an attack.
Police launched a massive manhunt Wednesday for Anis Amri, a man they said is a suspect in the truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market.
The smashed window of the truck that ran into a crowded Christmas market Monday.
Markus Schreiber / AP
The attack on Monday night left at least 12 people dead, including a 37-year-old Polish man who was found shot in the truck's front seat, as well as 48 others hospitalized with injuries.
Amri is a 23-year-old Tunisian man who in the past has used multiple aliases and claimed various nationalities.
Anis Amri in a wanted photo released Wednesday.
Associated Press
Amri arrived in Germany in July 2015, AFP reported. His bid for asylum was rejected in June, and papers related to the application were reportedly found at the scene of the attack.
Amri was not deported due to hold ups with his paperwork, which according to AFP just arrived in Tunisia Wednesday.
Ralf Jaeger, interior minister of North Rhine-Westphalia state, said at a Wednesday news conference that Amri had been living in Berlin since February.
According to the Associated Press, Amri has used six aliases and claimed to be from three different countries.
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