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Terror group behind Berlin truck attack

People light candles at a makeshift memorial in front of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedaechtniskirche in Berlin, where a truck crashed the day before into a Christmas market
People light candles at a makeshift memorial in front of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedaechtniskirche in Berlin, where a truck crashed the day before into a Christmas market
A soldier of the Islamic State carried out the Berlin operation in response to appeals to target citizens of coalition countries
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A "soldier" of the Islamic State group carried out a truck attack that killed 12 people at a Berlin Christmas market, a news agency linked to the jihadists said Tuesday.

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"A soldier of the Islamic State carried out the Berlin operation in response to appeals to target citizens of coalition countries," the IS-linked Amaq news agency said in a statement posted online.

More details later.

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