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Reports: Truck runs into crowded Christmas market in Berlin

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/polizeiberlin/status/810940347006197760" target="_blank">Berlin police</a>&nbsp;say at least nine people are dead and many others injured after a semi truck drove through a Christmas market Monday evening.</p><p><a href="http://www.morgenpost.de/bezirke/charlottenburg-wilmersdorf/article209035059/Lkw-rast-auf-Weihnachtsmarkt-Polizei-vermutet-Anschlag.html" target="_blank">Local outlets</a>&nbsp;report the truck plowed through the crowded street market set up near the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.n24.de/n24/Nachrichten/Politik/d/9589650/polizei--neun-tote-bei-anschlag-auf-berliner-weihnachtsmarkt.html" target="_blank">Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church</a>. Authorities<a href="http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/berlin/breitscheidplatz-lkw-rast-in-weihnachtsmarkt---mindestens-neun-tote-25341200" target="_blank">&nbsp;say the crash</a>&nbsp;appeared to be intentional. The driver of the truck has been arrested.</p><p><b>SEE MORE: <a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/germany-pushing-for-uk-to-stay-in-europol-despite-brexit/">EU Members Fear Brexit Will Weaken Europe's Security</a></b></p><p>A&nbsp;<a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/dozens-killed-after-truck-drives-into-crowd-in-nice-france/" target="_blank">similar incident</a>&nbsp;in Nice, France, this summer left over 80 people dead after a truck drove into a Bastille Day celebration. That crash was later labeled a terrorist attack and attributed to ISIS.</p><p>And German police recently apprehended a 12-year-old boy who&nbsp;<a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/police-isis-inspired-boy-to-try-bombing-christmas-market/" target="_blank">attempted to detonate</a>&nbsp;a nail bomb in another Christmas market. ISIS was also blamed for that attempted attack.</p><hr><b>Trending stories at <a href="http://www.newsy.com">Newsy.com</a></b><ul class="inline-related-links"><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/civilian-evacuations-in-aleppo-will-restart-after-new-deal/">New Deal Means Civilians Can Start Evacuating Aleppo Again</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/us-offers-25m-for-information-on-isis-leader/">$25 Million: That&#039;s Now The Reward For Info On ISIS&#039; Leader</a></li><li><a href="http://www.newsy.com/videos/police-isis-inspired-boy-to-try-bombing-christmas-market/">German Police: ISIS Inspired Child To Try To Bomb Christmas Market</a></li></ul>
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BERLIN (AP) - German media are reporting a truck has run into a crowded Christmas market in the center of Berlin, causing multiple injuries.
 
Both the Berliner Zeitung newspaper and the Berliner Morgenpost reported the truck ran into the market outside the landmark Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church on Monday evening.
 
A photo posted by the Morgenpost showed damaged tables and stalls.
 
The Berliner Zeitung said police believed there to be multiple injuries, but police couldn't immediately be reached to confirm.
 
Both newspapers reported it wasn't immediately clear whether the incident was an accident or some kind of an attack on the market.
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