Alalam - Germany

The group has claimed responsibility for the attack outside Berlin's Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, in which a truck plowed into a Christmas market, killing 12 people and injuring 56 others.

Amri was killed early on Friday in a shootout with police in Milan during a routine patrol outside a train station, ending a Europe-wide manhunt.

He has been linked to an extremist recruitment network allegedly run by Ahmad Abdulaziz Abdullah A., also known as Abu Walaa, a Germany-based preacher who was arrested last month, said Holger Muench, the head of the Federal Criminal Police Office, AP reported.

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