The 2016 Berlin attack was a terrorist attack in which a lorry was deliberately driven into a crowded Christmas market at Breitscheidplatz in the centre of Berlin. The attacker, Anis Amri, a Tunisian man whose asylum application had been rejected, had hijacked the truck and killed its Polish driver, Lukasz Urban, before driving into the market. Twelve people were killed in total, and dozens were injured. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility. Amri escaped and travelled across Europe, and he was shot dead by police in Milan a few days later. The attack led to debates in Germany about security failures and about deportation of rejected asylum seekers.
Before and after
- from 6 December 2016 to 13 December 2016Cyclone Vardah
- 8 December 2016Earthquake in Kirakira, Solomon Islands
- 11 December 2016Botroseya Church bombing
- 17 December 2016Earthquake near Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
- 19 December 20162016 Berlin attack
- 1 January 20172017 Istanbul nightclub attack
- 2017Construction of Rostov Arena
- 2017Rise of QAnon
- 2017Introduction of Binance
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