Carnage: The lorry used to kill a
dozen people in Berlin last night was towed away from the scene as a
23-year-old asylum seeker was being interrogated
Trail of
destruction: This is the path taken by the killer truck driver - and
shows how it mounted a narrow strip of pavement around 80metres in
length with the aim of killing as many people as possible. The white
powder is believed to show where the bodies fell
Horrific: The smashed front of the
lorry used to kill people enjoying the run-up to Christmas. A wreath
from one of the stalls was longed in its destroyed windscreen
Close up: The shattered glass on the windshield of a truck the morning after it ploughed through the Christmas market
Tragedy: Inside the cab was the Polish driver who the lorry was hijacked from - he may have been murdered before the crash
Brutal: White
powder used to soak up blood left by the dead - one witness described a
'rivers of blood' running through the market
Aftermath: New photographs have
emerged from the scene showing how the road around the lorry was strewn
with bodies, including a body by the cab
Victim: A body dragged under the lorry's wheels lies covered with a gold blanket this morning at the rear of the stolen lorry
Overhead: This is a clear view of the path the lorry took through the now-destroyed Christmas market in central Berlin
German Chancellor Angela Merkel lays white roses at the scene in Berlin amid fears a gunman may still be on the loose
Grief: Hundreds of Berliners have visited the scene of the horror crash to leave tributes to those who lost their lives
ore it was taken away to a secure unit to be combed over for clues
Murderous: The terror suspect is
believed to have shot dead the Polish driver of the truck before using
it as a weapon hours later
Distressing: The area around the lorry was strewn with wreaths, garlands and even baubles torn from market stalls
Investigation: The lorry was given a police escort today as it was taken away for forensic examination
Damage: The truck was followed by its container, which housed steel being taken into Germany by a Polish driver
Cold-blooded: The terror attack has
shocked the world - and these photos show how the emergency services
fought to save the injured
Horror: MailOnline has muzzed the body of one victim - the man was left lying under one of the wheels in the terror attack
Death toll: The 80metre stretch of Berlin pavement was stained with blood left when the lorry driver steered into the crowds
Evidence: The lorries tracker system
says that it was started and stopped repeatedly after the hijacking,
suggesting the driver was learning how to move it
Death toll: There are 12 dead - but 14 are critically or seriously injured in intensive care units across the country
The Polish owner of the lorry confirmed his driver was missing.
Speaking
on Polish news channel TVN24, the owner of the haulage firm Ariel
Zurawski said his relative would not have committed an act of terror: 'I
can say hand on heart that the man who drove into those people in the
centre of Berlin was not my driver.
'This is my cousin. I've known him since I was born. I can vouch for him.
'My
scenario is that they did something to the driver – they hijacked this
vehicle because it was practically in the centre of Berlin and they had a
good vehicle with which they could do what they did'.
Alarm
bells started ringing for the Polish haulage company when the lorry's
GPS showed the vehicle was being driven like a 'beginner'.
The readings appear to suggest the lorry was hijacked between 3pm and 4pm, according to Luke Wasik, from the transport firm.
At 3.19pm and 3.44pm failed attempts to start the engine were recorded.
The lorry was then driven in short distances towards the Christmas market before 5pm and then again, just after 5.30pm.
During
these short journeys the GPS showed that the engine appeared to be
'choking' - so the company tried to contact the driver to find out what
was happening. However, no-one answered the calls.
Mr
Wasik told Polish website WP Money: 'It looks as if someone was trying
to learn how to drive this. He had problems with its operation.'
The
lorry was driven towards the square at 7.34pm.The final GPS reading was
at 8pm, when the vehicle turned off its headlights and ploughed through
the market, forcefully.
A
British man and his partner were 'just a few metres' from being hit by
the lorry. He described the horrific scenes afterwards, in which the
couple saw a child lying under the truck.
He
told Ruptly TV: 'The truck just came in. It did not appear to be
stopping. It just missed us by a few metres. I looked to Sam to see if
she was okay and then almost immediately the truck had gone past us. We
tried to see who was injured.
'There
were two people who seemed to be okay - one was bleeding a little. I
helped some people lift the side of one of the stalls so that somebody
could be dragged from underneath and clear some of the wood out of the
way.
'There
were children in the market. I didn't see, but my girlfriend saw a
child under the truck afterwards. I saw about 15 or 20 people injured -
some were moving and some were not moving. Others had bad blood on
them.'
source Daily maily