   On the evening of December 19, 2016, a truck crashed into the Christmas market at Berlin’s Breitscheidplatz. 12 people were killed and at least 56 injured.
   2016
   Berlin, Germany
   Social Media
   
   After, During
   Real-world
   Terror
   On the evening of December 19, 2016, a truck crashed into the Christmas market at Berlin’s Breitscheidplatz. 12 people were killed and at least 56 injured. The driver of the truck was a 23-year-old Tunisian who belonged to the terrorist group Islamic State. The perpetrator stole the truck and shot the driver. He was able to flee the scene and was shot dead by local authorities in Milan on December 23. As it turned out afterwards, the assassin was already known to the German security authorities and classified as an Islamist threat. Accordingly, the demand for a reappraisal of the case became greater and greater, so that a parliamentary investigative committee was appointed to investigate the case.
   
   
   
   
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Police Crisis Communication During the Berlin Attack 2016

On the evening of December 19, 2016, a truck crashed into the Christmas market at Berlin’s Breitscheidplatz. 12 people were killed and at least 56 injured.

Hazard:

Terror

Year:

2016

Location:

Berlin, Germany

Theme

Social Media

Thematic

Making Information Accessible
Mobilising Citizens

Disaster Management Phase

After, During

Description

On the evening of December 19, 2016, a truck crashed into the Christmas market at Berlin’s Breitscheidplatz. 12 people were killed and at least 56 injured. The driver of the truck was a 23-year-old Tunisian who belonged to the terrorist group Islamic State. The perpetrator stole the truck and shot the driver. He was able to flee the scene and was shot dead by local authorities in Milan on December 23. As it turned out afterwards, the assassin was already known to the German security authorities and classified as an Islamist threat. Accordingly, the demand for a reappraisal of the case became greater and greater, so that a parliamentary investigative committee was appointed to investigate the case.

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