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Terror in Europe: Berlin Christmas market attacked hours after Russian ambassador assassinated

  • <p>Police officers stand guard at the scene close to the Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church in Berlin. Photo: Clemens Bilan/EPA via AAP</p>
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    Terror in Europe: Berlin Christmas market attacked hours after Russian ambassador assassinated

    Police officers stand guard at the scene close to the Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church in Berlin. Photo: Clemens Bilan/EPA via AAP

  • <p>Andrey Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, lies on the floor after being shot by a gunman (R) during an attack at a public event in Ankara. Photo: STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images</p>
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    Terror in Europe: Berlin Christmas market attacked hours after Russian ambassador assassinated

    Andrey Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, lies on the floor after being shot by a gunman (R) during an attack at a public event in Ankara. Photo: STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images

  • <p>Police stand near a black lorry that ploughed through a Christmas market in Berlin. Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images</p>
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    Terror in Europe: Berlin Christmas market attacked hours after Russian ambassador assassinated

    Police stand near a black lorry that ploughed through a Christmas market in Berlin. Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

  • <p>An injured person is carried on a stretcher by emergency personnel at the scene at the Christmas market in Berlin, Germany. Photo: Clemens Bilan/EPA via AAP</p>
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    Terror in Europe: Berlin Christmas market attacked hours after Russian ambassador assassinated

    An injured person is carried on a stretcher by emergency personnel at the scene at the Christmas market in Berlin, Germany. Photo: Clemens Bilan/EPA via AAP

  • <p>Policemen stand guard at the scene where a truck crashed into a Christmas market in Berlin, Germany. Photo: Clemens Bilan/EPA via AAP</p>
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    Terror in Europe: Berlin Christmas market attacked hours after Russian ambassador assassinated

    Policemen stand guard at the scene where a truck crashed into a Christmas market in Berlin, Germany. Photo: Clemens Bilan/EPA via AAP

  • <p>The truck that crashed into a Christmas market, close to the Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church. Photo: Clemens Bilan/EPA via AAP</p>
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    Terror in Europe: Berlin Christmas market attacked hours after Russian ambassador assassinated

    The truck that crashed into a Christmas market, close to the Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church. Photo: Clemens Bilan/EPA via AAP

  • <p>An injured person is carried on a stretcher at the scene where a truck crashed into a Christmas market in Berlin on 19 December 2016. Photo: Clemens Bilan/EPA via AAP</p>
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    Terror in Europe: Berlin Christmas market attacked hours after Russian ambassador assassinated

    An injured person is carried on a stretcher at the scene where a truck crashed into a Christmas market in Berlin on 19 December 2016. Photo: Clemens Bilan/EPA via AAP

  • <p>Policemen investigate the truck that sped into a Christmas market in Berlin. Photo: ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images</p>
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    Terror in Europe: Berlin Christmas market attacked hours after Russian ambassador assassinated

    Policemen investigate the truck that sped into a Christmas market in Berlin. Photo: ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images

  • <p>Rescue workers push a person on a stretcher in the area after a lorry truck ploughed through a Christmas market in Berlin, Germany. Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images</p>
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    Terror in Europe: Berlin Christmas market attacked hours after Russian ambassador assassinated

    Rescue workers push a person on a stretcher in the area after a lorry truck ploughed through a Christmas market in Berlin, Germany. Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images

  • <p>The truck crashed into a Christmas market in Berlin, Germany. Photo: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters</p><br>
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    Terror in Europe: Berlin Christmas market attacked hours after Russian ambassador assassinated

    The truck crashed into a Christmas market in Berlin, Germany. Photo: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters


  • <p>Police take security measures after a truck ploughed into a crowd at a Christmas market site in Berlin. Photo: Cuneyt Karadag/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images</p>
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    Terror in Europe: Berlin Christmas market attacked hours after Russian ambassador assassinated

    Police take security measures after a truck ploughed into a crowd at a Christmas market site in Berlin. Photo: Cuneyt Karadag/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

  • <p>Rescue workers gather outside a tent as victims of the truck attack are treated. Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images</p>
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    Terror in Europe: Berlin Christmas market attacked hours after Russian ambassador assassinated

    Rescue workers gather outside a tent as victims of the truck attack are treated. Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

  • <p>A Christmas tree lies next to a truck that crashed into a Christmas market in Berlin. Photo: ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images</p>
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    Terror in Europe: Berlin Christmas market attacked hours after Russian ambassador assassinated

    A Christmas tree lies next to a truck that crashed into a Christmas market in Berlin. Photo: ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images

  • <p>Andrey Karlov (R), the Russian ambassador to Turkey, gives a speech before being shot by a gunman (unseen) during an art exhibition in Ankara. Photo: UGUR KAVAS/AFP/Getty Images</p>
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    Terror in Europe: Berlin Christmas market attacked hours after Russian ambassador assassinated

    Andrey Karlov (R), the Russian ambassador to Turkey, gives a speech before being shot by a gunman (unseen) during an art exhibition in Ankara. Photo: UGUR KAVAS/AFP/Getty Images

  • <p>Flowers at the entrance to the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry building to pay tribute to the murdered Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov. Photo: Dmitry Serebryakov\TASS via Getty Images</p>
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    Terror in Europe: Berlin Christmas market attacked hours after Russian ambassador assassinated

    Flowers at the entrance to the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry building to pay tribute to the murdered Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov. Photo: Dmitry Serebryakov\TASS via Getty Images

<p>Police officers stand guard at the scene close to the Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church in Berlin. Photo: Clemens Bilan/EPA via AAP</p>
<p>Andrey Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, lies on the floor after being shot by a gunman (R) during an attack at a public event in Ankara. Photo: STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images</p>
<p>Police stand near a black lorry that ploughed through a Christmas market in Berlin. Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images</p>
<p>An injured person is carried on a stretcher by emergency personnel at the scene at the Christmas market in Berlin, Germany. Photo: Clemens Bilan/EPA via AAP</p>
<p>Policemen stand guard at the scene where a truck crashed into a Christmas market in Berlin, Germany. Photo: Clemens Bilan/EPA via AAP</p>
<p>The truck that crashed into a Christmas market, close to the Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church. Photo: Clemens Bilan/EPA via AAP</p>
<p>An injured person is carried on a stretcher at the scene where a truck crashed into a Christmas market in Berlin on 19 December 2016. Photo: Clemens Bilan/EPA via AAP</p>
<p>Policemen investigate the truck that sped into a Christmas market in Berlin. Photo: ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images</p>
<p>Rescue workers push a person on a stretcher in the area after a lorry truck ploughed through a Christmas market in Berlin, Germany. Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images</p>
<p>The truck crashed into a Christmas market in Berlin, Germany. Photo: Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters</p><br>
<p>Police take security measures after a truck ploughed into a crowd at a Christmas market site in Berlin. Photo: Cuneyt Karadag/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images</p>
<p>Rescue workers gather outside a tent as victims of the truck attack are treated. Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images</p>
<p>A Christmas tree lies next to a truck that crashed into a Christmas market in Berlin. Photo: ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images</p>
<p>Andrey Karlov (R), the Russian ambassador to Turkey, gives a speech before being shot by a gunman (unseen) during an art exhibition in Ankara. Photo: UGUR KAVAS/AFP/Getty Images</p>
<p>Flowers at the entrance to the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry building to pay tribute to the murdered Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov. Photo: Dmitry Serebryakov\TASS via Getty Images</p>
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Shock waves reverberated through Europe on Monday when a truck ploughed through a Berlin Christmas market, killing at least nine people, just hours after the Russian ambassador to Turkey was assassinated in Ankara.