5 years later, Germany remembers victims of Berlin Christmas market terror attack
By DW
20 December 2021 |
6:08 am
On December 19, 2016, Islamist attacker Anis Amri drove a stolen truck through a crowd in central Berlin, killing and injuring dozens. Five years later, the background to the attack remains unclear.
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