Getty Fabrizia Di Lorenzo, 31, an Italian transport specialist died in the attack

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Gaetano and Giovanna Di Lorenzo's daughter, Fabrizia Di Lorenzo, 31, was an Italian transport specialist working in Berlin and was among the people killed in the deadly terror attack that also left 50 injured. But her family said that they were shocked to find out that a German law would prevent them from claiming compensation for her death. The law, from 1985, excludes compensation for damages caused to victims of violent crimes committed "with a motor vehicle or a trailer."

Her mum, Giovanna Di Lorenzo blasted: “How can they say it was an ordinary car accident? We feel cheated by those who do not want to acknowledge they were wrong and do not want to prevent that from happening again in the future”. Ms Di Lorenzo died along with 11 other people when ISIS fanatic Anis Amri, launched a hideous attack on the Christmas market on Breitscheidplatz Square on December 19 driving an articulated lorry through stalls packed with visitors. Her daughter was initially declared missing by her family but later declared dead after her body, mobile phone and travel pass were found at the scene of the attack.

AP The parents of Fabrizia Di Lorenzo (Gaetano Di Agostino and mum Giovanna middle,) arrive in Germany

Her body was returned home to Italy on Christmas Eve after her parents and brother flew to Berlin to bring her home. Her parents paid tribute to her describing her as “cheerful, brilliant, life-loving and hard-working.” They added: “She wanted a better world. She was killed by those who are not integrated.” Her parents also praised the Italian embassy for being responsive to their needs after her death.

Getty ISIS fanatic Anis Amri, launched a hideous attack on the Christmas market on December 19

They said: “They were always available, they helped us with Fabrizia’s friends all the time, specially because we do not speak German. We felt the State was with us.” But they slammed German officials cold behaviour towards them during their time of grief. Mrs Di Lorenzo said: “If we exclude the cop who took my DNA without saying a word. They never contacted us, they didn’t provide us an interpreter and they left us alone. We had to ask constantly and insist. They did the same with the other families, even German ones.”

Getty The terrorist drove an articulated lorry through stalls packed with visitors

Getty ISIS fanatic Anis Amri, killed 12 people at the Christmas market in Breitscheidplatz Square

She added that the first contact with German authorities after the massacre was on February 17, when Joachim Gauck met them in Berlin. The President of the German Republic was forced to apologize to the families of the victims who reported an "inefficient and incapable Germany, despite its international image". Ms Di Lorenzo was buried by her family and friends at a moving ceremony on December 26 at Sulmona Cathedral, in Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy.

AP Ms Di Lorenzo's parents (centre) buried her at Sulmona Cathedral, in Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy

Family handout Ms Lorenzo's body was returned home to Italy on Christmas Eve after her parents and brother got her

Since then, it has emerged that the victim's family, along with 10 others, will not receive compensation for the deaths at the hands of the terrorist. Yet, there is a German fund, which has a total of €7.5 million to be shared with other people who have died in road traffic accidents. To add insult to injury, the German government will compensate the relatives of the Polish driver Łukasz Urban, 37, who “fought for his life” before being shot dead by terrorist Amri.