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Four Detained on Suspicion of Contacts With Berlin Truck-Ramming Suspect

© AFP 2023 / Tobias SCHWARZA policeman and firemen stand next to a truck on December 20, 2016 at the scene where it crashed into a Christmas market near the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedaechtniskirche (Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church) in Berlin
A policeman and firemen stand next to a truck on December 20, 2016 at the scene where it crashed into a Christmas market near the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedaechtniskirche (Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church) in Berlin - Sputnik International
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The German prosecutor's office has confirmed that four people have been detained over contacts with the suspect, German media reported Thursday.

Authorites inspect a truck that had sped into a Christmas market in Berlin, on December 19, 2016 - Sputnik International
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BERLIN (Sputnik) — The Bild tabloid does not specify where the arrests were carried out, but it is known that early-hours raids took place in apartments and refugee shelters in Berlin, Dortmund and Emmerich.

German television, meanwhile, said the arrests took place in Dortmund.

On Monday, a truck rammed into a crowd at the Berlin Christmas market on the Breitscheidplatz square, killing 12 people and injuring over 40 others.

The German Prosecutor’s Office offered on Wednesday a reward of up to 100,000 euros (over $104,400) for leads that would help detain the suspect in the attack, Tunisian national Anis Amri.

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