UPDATE (8:16 p.m. ET): The death toll has risen to 12.
BREAKING: Berlin police raise death toll to 12 after truck rams into Christmas market; 48 injured.
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 20, 2016
UPDATE (4:09 p.m. ET): The person arrested at the scene may have not been the driver.
A suspicious person was arrested near #Breitscheidplatz. Whether it is the driver of the truck, is currently under consideration.
— PolizeiBerlinEinsatz (@PolizeiBerlin_E) December 19, 2016
A passenger in the truck was found dead at the Christmas market.
Police in #Berlin say the passenger in the truck that hit the #Breitscheidplatz Christmas market died on the scene. https://t.co/cRltw3dZq9
— Sarah Harman (@SarahHarman53) December 19, 2016
UPDATE (3:42 p.m. ET): Christine here, taking over for Cortney. The truck driver has been arrested by German police. He was located not far from the scene of the Christmas market.
BREAKING: German police arrest driver suspected of plowing truck into crowd at Christmas market in Berlin: police spokesman on local TV
— Reuters World (@ReutersWorld) December 19, 2016
UPDATE (3:11 p.m. ET): Media are now reporting that multiple people have died.
At least 9 dead and 50 injured from truck massacre at a #Berlin Christmas market, treated by local authorities as a terror attack. #Germany
— Michael Wilner (@mawilner) December 19, 2016
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A truck driver has driven into a crowd of shoppers in a Christmas market in Berlin, Germany. Multiple people are reported to be injured. The attack is eerily reminiscent of the Bastille Day attack in France last year.
BREAKING: Large truck plows into crowd at Christmas market in Berlin, police and German media report; injuries reported.
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) December 19, 2016
At least 50 people have been injured, CNN is reporting.
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