BERLIN: German police are looking for a Tunisia asylum-seeker after finding an identity document under the driver's seat of a truck that plowed into a Berlin Christmas market, killing 12 people and injuring at least 48 others on Monday.
The suspect who went by numerous aliases was identified by German authorities as Anis Amri, he soon became the subject of a national manhunt after investigators discovered a wallet with his identity documents in the truck used in Mondays attack, two law enforcement officials told The Washington Post on Thursday.
Meanwhile, a clearer portrait took shape of the suspect, including accusations that he had contact with a prominent Islamic State recruiter in Germany.
German police commandos raided two apartments in the Berlin district of Kreuzberg late on Wednesday but did not find Amri, Die Welt newspaper reported, citing investigators.
German authorities issued a 100,000 euro ($105,000) bounty for information leading to Amri capture, warning citizens not to approach the 5-foot-8, 165-pound Amri, whom they described as violent and armed.
Earlier, German authorities announced the release of a 23-year-old Pakistani detained in connection with the truck attack, citing a lack of evidence against him.
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