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Merkel 'mourns dead' after truck crashes into Xmas market

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AFP Berlin
Last Updated : Dec 20 2016 | 2:48 AM IST
German Chancellor Angela Merkel "mourns the dead" after at least nine people were killed when a truck ploughed through a Christmas market in central Berlin, her spokesman said.
"We mourn the dead and hope that the many people injured can be helped," her spokesman Steffen Seibert tweeted.
Around 50 people were hurt, four of them seriously, police said.

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First Published: Dec 20 2016 | 2:48 AM IST

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