A truck plowed through a bustling Christmas market in Berlin on Monday night, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens more in what authorities suspect may have been a terrorist attack, the Guardian reports.Police say that the tractor trailer ran through the market at Breitscheidplatz, outside the Kaiser Wilhelm memorial church in the western part of the city, a destination known as a heavy tourist hotspot. Video footage of the scene shows stalls knocked over and people injured on the ground.According to the BBC, police believe the tragedy was an intentional attack and pointed to terrorism, although they have not definitively named a motive. One suspect was apparently arrested at the scene.The incident resembles the truck attack in Nice, France, last July, in which the vehicle plowed through a busy Bastille Day celebration, killing 86 people and injuring 434. ISIS later claimed responsibility for that attack, calling its architect a "soldier.""There's no way it was an accident," witness Emma Rushton told CNN of the Monday attack in Berlin. She said the truck was going about 40 mph in a crowded area with no roads.Police have since cleared the area, roping it off, and have set up an information checkpoint for family members looking for loved ones.This post has been updated.Thumbnail photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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