In a blow to investigators, federal prosecutors announced they had to release the only suspect in custody after finding no forensic evidence to link him to Germany’s deadliest attack in recent years. The Pakistani man was arrested late Monday after he was reportedly seen jumping out of the truck and fleeing the scene.
But officials had expressed growing doubts over whether they had the right suspect in custody. “We may have a dangerous criminal in the area”, Berlin’s police chief Klaus Kandt said, adding that security would be boosted while urging “heightened vigilance”. Following the suspect’s release, Kandt told ARD television “one or more” perpetrators were believed to be on the run and possibly armed.
Images from the aftermath showed the mangled truck with its windscreen smashed, a trail of destruction in its wake, while survivors recounted harrowing stories of near misses and bloody carnage. A Polish man, killed with a gunshot, was found on the truck’s passenger seat, said de Maiziere. He was believed to be the initial driver of the Polish-registered vehicle.
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