Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday has strongly condemned the Berlin Christmas market incident which left 12 people dead and at least 48 injured.
The Prime Minister expressed his grief over the loss of precious lives and said Pakistan stands with Germany in its time of sorrow.
Calling terrorism a “mutual enemy”, the premier said Pakistan is also affected by terrorism and the world would have to combat the menace together. He said that Pakistan has also suffered a lot due to terrorist attacks.
“Pakistan has also suffered a lot due to terrorist attacks and every possible step is being taken to end terrorism in the country,” the PM added.
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Earlier, a lorry ploughed into a busy Christmas market in Berlin on Monday, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens more in what police said was a suspected terror attack.
The vehicle mounted the pavement of the market on Breitscheidplatz square near the fashionable Kurfuerstendamm Avenue in the west of Berlin, in horrific scenes reminiscent of July´s deadly truck attack in the French Riviera city of Nice.
A German police spokeswoman told a foreign media agency that a man who was apparently driving the truck had been detained while the passenger was dead.
Police later identified the passenger as a Polish national.
Security sources cited by DPA news agency said that the man behind the wheel was an asylum seeker from Afghanistan or Pakistan who arrived in Germany in February.
The daily Tagesspiegel said the man was known to police but for minor crimes, not links to terrorism.
The Polish owner of the lorry confirmed his driver was missing.
