Suspect in Berlin Christmas market attack shot dead in Italy

Berlin

THE suspect in the Berlin Christmas market attack has been shot dead near Milan, according to Italian officials, bringing an end to an international manhunt for the 24-year-old Tunisian that had kept the continent on edge as the holidays fast approached.

Anis Amri was killed, Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti said, after a dramatic 3.30am encounter at a routine checkpoint in greater Milan. When encountered by police, Amri pulled a gun and shot one officer, before being shot dead.

The news comes as German police said they had thwarted a new terror attack planned against a shopping mall and arrested two brothers from Kosovo, as Germany and the rest of Europe are on high alert for the holidays. The authorities detained the brothers, aged 28 and 31, after receiving an intelligence tip-off, according to police. Security at the Centro Mall in the German city of Oberhausen has been beefe…