UPDATE - Manhunt for suspect in Berlin Christmas market attack

ADDS POLICE STATEMENT AMRI

BERLIN (AA) – German police on Wednesday issued a European arrest warrant for a Tunisian citizen in connection to a deadly truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin.

Police said in a statement that authorities are looking for Anis Amri, 24, after the truck attack killed at least 12 people and injured nearly 50 others at the market near the historical Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church.

Authorities have released photos of Amri and appealed to the public for any information on his whereabouts, cautioning, however, he is extremely dangerous and probably armed.

Officials offered a €100,000 ($104,000) bounty for information leading to his arrest.

Federal Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere confirmed that police are searching for a suspect, but emphasized that he has not yet been identified as the perpetrator.

Local media claimed police found Amri’s identification documents in the truck but de Maiziere declined to comment on those reports.

While the Daesh terror group has claimed responsibility for the attack, no concrete details have emerged about who is responsible.

Police believe the truck was stolen from a Polish company on Monday, and its original driver had been killed by the suspect, or the suspects. He was found dead in the truck soon after the attack.

Local media reported Amri was known to German police for minor offences and for his connections to extremist groups.

Reports have claimed he arrived in Germany from Italy in 2015, but his asylum request was not accepted by authorities.