DS Forums

 
 

A truck has ploughed into a Christmas market in Berlin.


Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 19-12-2016, 19:37
Keyser_Soze1
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: The Sixth Circle of Hell
Posts: 20,171

Terrorism?

Early days but it would not surprise me at all.
Keyser_Soze1 is online now   Reply With Quote
Please sign in or register to remove this advertisement.
Old 19-12-2016, 19:40
Ads
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Pimlico, central London, UK
Posts: 14,870
Seems most UK news sites haven't picked up on this yet.

I don't speak German, but Bild seems to have some photos http://www.bild.de/
Ads is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 19:48
Chief_Wiggum
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 2,957
Now reported by Fox News in the United States and by Sky News in the UK. LBC Radio have also tweeted the story as breaking news.

Early reports say one person has been killed and there are numerous injured people.
Chief_Wiggum is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 19:50
Ads
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Pimlico, central London, UK
Posts: 14,870
Using Google Translate, Bild reports:

Berlin - A truck is driven on the Berlin Christmas market at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in a crowd - the police going from a stop off!
A person died, as a police officer said. Several visitors were injured. The situation is still confusing. Numerous rescue cars have arrived.
The Christmas market was cleared immediately.

According to "Berliner Morgenpost" the truck came from the Kantstraße / Budapest street on the premises. Recordings of a Facebook live video show destroyed boards on the Christmas market, visitors take care of injured ones lying on the ground.
The truck apparently ran across the Christmas market in an alley and came to a halt at the Christmas tree - many meters further.
In the meantime, eyewitnesses report on the social networks that there was a big bang. Nothing is known about the cause of the pop.
Ads is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 19:51
David_Herfrel
Inactive Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 54
Too early to determine if the seemingly most likely scenario has happened.
David_Herfrel is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 19:53
sandstone
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: great yarmouth
Posts: 1,084
From BBC Breaking on Twitter.
At least one person killed after lorry ploughs into Christmas market in Berlin, police say
Meaning the lorry driver i take it.
sandstone is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 19:55
WhatJoeThinks
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 10,210
How would anyone here know?

Accidents happen all the time. Unless you have some reason to believe it was a terrorist attack I suggest that you assume nothing. Crying 'terrorist' every time a car backfires is itself a form of terrorism.

Keep calm and carry on, I say.
WhatJoeThinks is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 19:55
francie
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 20,672
BBC are now reporting.
francie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 19:56
Chief_Wiggum
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 2,957
An article on this is now up on the Sky News website.
Chief_Wiggum is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 19:57
Inspiration
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 53,385
German media think it's an attack.
Inspiration is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 19:57
Ads
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Pimlico, central London, UK
Posts: 14,870
How would anyone here know?

Accidents happen all the time. Unless you have some reason to believe it was a terrorist attack I suggest that you assume nothing. Crying 'terrorist' every time a car backfires is itself a form of terrorism.

Keep calm and carry on, I say.
Sadly for you we have free speech in this country and people are free to speculate. I certainly hope its just an accident, but given the scene of the crash and the initial reports of a truck moving at high speed in an urban area, and Germany's recent terrorist incidents - then there are reasonable grounds to suspect that terrorism could be at play here.
Ads is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 19:58
francie
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 20,672
German media think it's an attack.

Looks very similar to Nice.
Am hoping it was "just" an accident.
francie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 19:59
annette kurten
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: dole office.
Posts: 35,061
How would anyone here know?

Accidents happen all the time. Unless you have some reason to believe it was a terrorist attack I suggest that you assume nothing. Crying 'terrorist' every time a car backfires is itself a form of terrorism.

Keep calm and carry on, I say.
i agree, wait till you know.

we had the same threads with the glasgow bin lorry crash.
annette kurten is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 20:00
blueblade
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Southern East Anglia
Posts: 75,202
Terrorism?

Early days but it would not surprise me at all.
Who knows? Could be terrorism or it could be a total accident.
blueblade is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 20:00
Ads
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Pimlico, central London, UK
Posts: 14,870
Photo of the truck here - http://www.bz-berlin.de/media/img_5831

Interestingly it has Polish plates
Ads is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 20:01
Liete
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Onchan, Isle of Man
Posts: 1,672
German police saying first indications suggest it is a deliberate attack.

Merkel will be looking to get this story under control and fast.
Liete is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 20:01
Keyser_Soze1
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: The Sixth Circle of Hell
Posts: 20,171
Who knows? Could be terrorism or it could be a total accident.
It's now confirmed as an attack.

What a ****** surprise the evil bastards.
Keyser_Soze1 is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 20:01
WhatJoeThinks
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 10,210
Sadly for you we have free speech in this country and people are free to speculate. I certainly hope its just an accident, but given the scene of the crash and the initial reports of a truck moving at high speed in an urban area, and Germany's recent terrorist incidents - then there are reasonable grounds to suspect that terrorism could be at play here.
Sadly for me? I don't really have a vested interest either way. I was attempting to point out that a large part of terrorism is living in fear. The main part, in fact.
WhatJoeThinks is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 20:02
Chief_Wiggum
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 2,957
Fox News has broken into it's regular programming- Shepard Smith is now anchoring breaking news coverage of this from the Fox News Deck.

Shepard Smith: "Our sources and the local media are saying this is a terrorist attack. The US State department has recently warned US tourists not to go to certain places over the Christmas period and they said they had intelligence to suggest that terrorist attacks were being planned to coincide with the Christmas period.

"Local police are yet to confirm that this was a terrorist attack but all the signs are pointing to it being one."
Chief_Wiggum is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 20:02
francie
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 20,672
Several dead according to Sky
francie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 20:02
Liete
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Onchan, Isle of Man
Posts: 1,672
The driver appears to have fled the scene.
Liete is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 20:04
Keyser_Soze1
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: The Sixth Circle of Hell
Posts: 20,171
Am hoping it was "just" an accident.
Sadly it was deliberate.

Families are going to be burying their loved over Christmas.

It just never ends does it?
Keyser_Soze1 is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 20:05
Brandy211
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 766
German media: Police say first indications are that it was an attack on a Christmas market.

The truck deliberately drove onto the pavement.

Several killed, at least 50 injured

Sky News
Brandy211 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 20:05
WhatJoeThinks
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 10,210
It's now confirmed as an attack.

What a ****** surprise the evil bastards.
No it isn't. "Police now say they suspect it was a deliberate attack."
WhatJoeThinks is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 19-12-2016, 20:05
Palafrugel
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 1,165

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38373867

Will be interesting to learn who the suspect is. Homegrown or part of Merkel's refugee invitation program.
Palafrugel is offline   Reply With Quote
 
Reply




 
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 08:18.