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Putin Sends Condolences to Germany Over Truck-Ramming Incident in Berlin

© REUTERS / Fabrizio BenschPolice and emergency workers at the site of an attack at a Christmas market in Berlin.
Police and emergency workers at the site of an attack at a Christmas market in Berlin. - Sputnik International
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Russian President Vladimir Putin sent letter of condolences to German President Joachim Gauck and Chancellor Angela Merkel after an unknown person driving a truck crashed into visitors of a Christmas market in the center of Berlin.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his letter of condolences to German President Joachim Gauck and Chancellor Angela Merkel, said that the crime committed in downtown Berlin is shocking, the Kremlin said Tuesday.

A truck which ran into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. - Sputnik International
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On Monday evening, an unknown person driving a truck crashed into visitors of a Christmas market in the center of Berlin. As a result, 12 people were killed, another 48 were injured.

"The crime, committed against civilians, shocks with its cruelty and cynicism," the Kremlin press service quoted the Russian president as saying.

Putin conveyed words of sympathy and support to the families and friends of the victims and wishes of a speedy recovery to all those who suffered from the hands of the attacker.

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