Lorry crashes into a Christmas market in Berlin

Local reports state nine people have died and around 50 people have been injured.

According to reports coming from Germany on Monday night, a lorry has crashed into shoppers at a Christmas market in Berlin, sparking fears of a terrorist attack.

A suspect has been arrested.

A number of local sources - the Berliner Zeitung newspaper and the Berliner Morgenpost - state that the truck crashed into the market close to Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church.

This news report was shared by CBS.

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The driver reportedly went on the run after the attack, though reports state he was later arrested.