A lorry has ploughed into a Christmas market in Berlin, killing several and injuring 50 others in what police believe is a deliberate attack.
The crash happened in Breitscheidplatz, a major public square in the city in a chilling echo of the deadly terror attack in Nice earlier this year.
Horrifying pictures show wounded people being treated on the ground and debris from the attack strewn across the road.
A huge manhunt is now under way after the driver fled the scene, with police confirming they believe it was a deliberate terror attack.
Local media reported that the truck has Polish license plates.
Tourist Emma Rushton, from England, tweeted from the scene: “Lorry just ploughed through Christmas market in #berlin.
“There is no road nearby. People crushed. I am safe. I am safe.”
It comes weeks after Isis threatened massacres at Christmas markets and events.
The US State Department revealed it had “credible information” that Islamic State and other Islamist terror groups were plotting massacres across Europe in the lead-up to Christmas.
The attack comes just days after organisers of a festive market in Birmingham installed concrete barriers over fears of a terror attack.
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