World's most wanted man is dead: Rookie Italian policeman guns down fugitive Berlin killer screaming 'Allahu Akbar' after he shoots his fellow officer when they confront him in Milan as the Tunisian's ISIS video is revealed

Chilling footage has been released of Berlin truck terrorist Anis Amri pledging allegiance to ISIS in a video released just hours after he was gunned down in a dramatic shoot-out with Italian police.

The Tunisian, on the run for four days after murdering 12 people in a lorry attack in Berlin, rants about 'crusader' airstrikes and vows to 'slaughter infidels like pigs' in the two-minute clip, published by Islamic State's news agency Amaq.

Speaking on a bridge in the north of the city, Amri can be seen wearing a dark jacket and with headphones in his ears as he warns 'infidels' he will 'hunt them down' and pledges allegiance to ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Hours before the video emerged, he was shot dead in Milan having pulled a gun from his backpack and screamed 'Allahu Akbar' as he shot at two police officers carrying out a routine ID check. 

The 24-year-old ISIS fanatic was stopped after arriving in the suburb of Sesto San Giovanni in the northern Italian city of Milan at about 3am local time.

Two officers asked him for ID documents, at which point Amri 'immediately' pulled a gun from his backpack and shouted 'police b******s' as he shot one in the shoulder.

A firefight ensued with Amri cowering behind a car as he tried to flee, but the extremist was shot and killed by the second officer – a trainee who had only been in the job a few months. Witnesses said the two policemen had then crouched over Amri in a bid to keep him alive, but the Tunisian died after ten minutes.

Crime scene: Berlin truck terrorist Anis Amri has been shot dead after a gunfight with police in Milan in the early hours of this morning

Shoot-out: Italian authorities said this morning that they had 'without a shadow of a doubt' killed the chief suspect in the Berlin massacre

ISIS has released a selfie-style video in which Anis Amri pledges his allegiance to the terror group and vows to slaughter infidels like pigs

Chief suspect: Amri (pictured) shouted 'Allahu Akbar' and 'police b******s' as he shot at police officers in  suburb north of Milan

Evidence: The Tunisian pulled a gun from his backpack, screamed 'Allahu Akbar' and opened fire on two officers – hitting one in the shoulder – before being shot dead. Pictures from the scene appear to show a weapon lying on the road near a backpack

Line of fire: Christian Movio was shot in the shoulder by terrorist Anis Amri. His colleague, a trainee officer, then shot the Tunisian dead

On his body police found a train ticket that helped reconstruct the attacker's movements in Berlin, revealing how he took a train from Chambery in France and then from Turin to Milan

The Berlin attack suspect Anis Amri (pictured) has been shot dead after a gunfight with police in Milan, Italian police have said

Pictures emerged this morning of the terrorist lying dead in the street having been shot by Italian police

ISIS news outlet Amaq today confirmed Amri's death - and that he carried out the market massacre in Germany.

Security chiefs believe Amri, who used at least six different aliases with three nationalities, was trying to flee to southern Italy where he had entered Europe illegally in 2011.

Police, who had received a tip-off Europe's most wanted man may have been in the city, approached Amri because they were suspicious that anyone was at the station at 3am. 

The terminal had earlier been closed for the night and officials are trying to work out whether he may in fact have arrived in the suburb, north of the city, by bus.

When the patrol approached him, he said he had no ID papers, no phone and just a small pocket knife. But he then pulled a 22 calibre pistol from his backpack and shot one of the two police officers, Christian Movio, 36, in the shoulder.

Amri ran for cover and cowered behind a car in a piazza near the station before being shot dead by trainee officer Luca Scata, 29, who had only been in the job for nine months.

On Amri's body police found a train ticket that helped reconstruct the attacker's movements in Berlin, revealing how he took a train from Chambery in France and then from Turin to Milan. But it is not clear whether he had driven from Berlin to Chambery or taken a 1,000-mile train trip all the way to Milan via Frankfurt - the normal rail route to the south of France.

This morning, Scata was praised for his actions and had received hundreds of messages from wellwishers.

THIS IS VENGEANCE FOR AIRSTRIKES AGAINST MUSLIMS - WE WILL SLAUGHTER YOU LIKE PIGS

Ranting into a camera as he shoots a selfie-style video, this it the Berlin lorry killer pledging allegiance to ISIS and vowing to punish 'pig eaters'.

Anis Amri can be seen wearing a dark jacket and headphones and standing on a bridge over a river as he delivers his chilling speech, warning he wants to become a martyr.

The brainwashed 24-year-old went on to slaughter 11 revellers enjoying a Christmas market in the heart of Berlin on Monday night.

Anis Amri can be seen wearing a dark jacket and standing in front of a river as he delivers his chilling speech, warning he wants to become a martyr

The video, which appeared to have been taken by Amri himself, shows him standing on a footbridge in the north of Berlin, not far from where he allegedly hijacked the truck used in the attack.  The site is just a few hundred yards from a Berlin state administration office that deals with asylum matters.

It is unclear whether Amri's case was handled there or whether the video, released online Friday, was taken before or after the attack. 

He also says: 'I pledge my allegiance to the caliph Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. I pledge to participate in jihad against the enemies of Allah.

'My message to those infidels who bomb Muslims everyday - we are going to slaughter you like pigs. We will avenge the Muslims you killed and continue to kill.

'And to my Muslim brothers all over the world, fight for this religion whether in your countries or in Europe if you live there, as mush as each of you can.'  

As well as his pledge of allegiance, Amri declared his desire to avenge Muslims killed in air strikes and called for attacks against 'Crusaders'. 

Amaq had earlier said the man shot dead by Italian police near Milan on Friday carried out the Berlin attack. 

Releasing suicide videos of terror attackers after their deaths is a common tactic by ISIS.

In July fanatics were shot dead after murdering an elderly priest at a church in Normandy. A day later, ISIS news outlet Amaq published a video of the two perpetrators pledging allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

As well as his pledge of allegiance, Amri declared his desire to avenge Muslims killed in air strikes and called for attacks against 'Crusaders'

THE FULL TRANSCRIPT: 

'All praise to Allah, and may He send blessing and peace upon his Prophet Mohamed.

'I, here, vow to obey the caliph Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi in whatever he orders me to do, even if it was to my disliking, and to continue to do so, unless I am ordered to do something that I know for sure is forbidden in Islam.

'I also vow to work for Islam to prevail; to judge and be judged by its rules; and to work hard until the Islamic State is well established and founded. Finally, I pledge to actively participate in jihad against the enemies of Allah as much as I can.

'And to those infidels, who bomb the Muslims everyday, I swear that we will hunt you and slaughter you like pigs for what you do to these Muslims. Did you think that what you do to them will go unpunished?

'There are masses of Muslims all over the world willing to avenge the Muslims you kill, and they will be avenged, for we are strong and determined to make you pay the price of your actions against them.

'And I call for my Muslim brothers and sisters all over the world to take part in jihad, and to fight for the dominance of this religion, as much as each of you can. If you can't join your brothers on the front lines, then fight for Islam in your countries. And if you live in Europe, then fight against those pigs, each to his own abilities. May Allah grant us success in [this fight].'

'I pledge myself to Allah and vow to shed as much blood as it needs for Islam to prevail. I pray for Allah to pave the way for me to kill those infidels who fight Islam and Muslims.'

Scata's last Facebook post, put up shortly before he shot the terror suspect, stated: 'Only on the road the sun is shining and there are no shadows.' 

It has since been inundated with comments from grateful Italians hailing him a hero and thanking him for his bravery. 

It comes hours after two men were arrested at a mosque in Berlin where Amri is believed to have been seen both before and after his murderous rampage. 

Today's events bring to an end a four-day manhunt that has heaped embarrassment on Germany's police and politicians. Shortly before the shooting German police still believed the terrorist was in Berlin. 

German prosecutors said they were investigating whether Amri had accomplices and admit there were still 'many open questions' in the investigation.

  

Hero: Luca Scata (pictured) has been named as the police officer who gunned Amri down this morning. His colleague was shot in the shoulder during the gun fight

Hero policeman Christian Moveo (pictured in bed) was recovering in hospital this afternoon having been shot by the most wanted man on the planet

Police officers Christian Movio (pictured right) is recovering in hospital after being shot in the shoulder by Anis Amri in the early hours of this morning

A weapon used in the shootout is marked as evidence as it lays on the ground. Police are investigating whether it was also used to shoot the Polish truck driver murdered by Amri

Italian police released this picture showing how a gunshot fired by Amri had hit the bullet-proof vest worn by officer Christian Movio

A shoot out took place at about 3am local time and Amri was reportedly heard shouting 'Allahu Akbar' as he tried to flee and police opened fire

Items left on the road included a pistol and a backpack. Amri's body was covered up as forensics scoured the scene

He is understood to have pulled a gun on a patrol after being stopped for a routine ID check and shot an officer in the shoulder leaving him seriously injured

Authorities believe Amri, who used at least six different aliases with three nationalities, was trying to flee to southern Italy where he had entered Europe in 2011

German chancellor Angela Merkel (pictured this afternoon) expressed her relief that the suspect poses no further threat

Amri was somehow able to travel unhindered through at least three countries before being gunned down in northern Italy.

Blundering German police today said they believed the Tunisian asylum seeker was still in or around Berlin just before he was shot dead almost 1,000 miles away in Milan.

Officers have been raiding addresses across Germany in the hunt for Amri, but after arresting the wrong man the ISIS terrorist was able to flee the country.

This morning, before his death was announced, a senior police source told tabloid Bild: 'We believe he is either in Berlin or in North Rhine-Westphalia'. 

'WE ARE SHOCKED AND THE WHOLE FAMILY IS SICK': BROTHER REACTS TO TERRORIST'S DEATH 

A brother of Berlin truck terrorist Anis Amri has revealed the family feels 'sick' after the 24-year-old was shot in Italy.

The brother told a journalist from the Deutsche Welle after Amri's death was confirmed by authorities in Italy: 'We are shocked and the whole family is sick. No comment.'

The family had urged Amri to hand himself in to police when he was named as the world's most wanted man in connection to the killing of 12 people in Berlin.

The family had urged Amri to hand himself in to police when he was named as the world's most wanted man in connection to the killing of 12 people in Berlin.

But his sister Najwa has said there was no sign he had been radicalised after he arrived in Germany in June last year. 

She told The Telegraph: 'He called us every day asking about the weather back home and what I was cooking for dinner, and how is everyone in the neighbourhood.

'He didn't look radicalised at all, he was so sweet all the time, smiling and laughing.'

Following reports that his brother may have been shot dead, Walid Amri posted on Facebook: 'I am praying it won't be you.' 

Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage said Amri's apparent ability to travel from Germany to Italy showed that the Schengen system - which allows border-free movement between 26 European states - is 'a risk to public safety' and should be scrapped.

'If the man shot in Milan is the Berlin killer, then the Schengen area is proven to be a risk to public safety,' said Mr Farage. 'It must go.'

This morning, it emerged that the Polish driver of the hijacked Berlin lorry was shot in the head on Monday night with a similar-sized gun to the one Amri used in Italy. 

Movio was taken to San Gerardo Hospital in Monza for emergency treatment where he is said to be recovering. Pictures of his protective vest show the impact of one of Amri's bullets.

'I asked him to open the backpack,' said Cristian Movio from his hospital bed hospital. 'The behaviour of my colleague on patrol has been exemplary - he reacted as soon as he pulled the pistol from his jacket and shot me.'

At dawn forensics officers removed the body and began photographing bullets strewn across the ground from the shoot-out. There were also blood-soaked clothes and tissues

Amri ran for cover and cowered behind a car before being shot dead by trainee officer Luca Sciappa who had reportedly only been in the job for a matter of months

Investigation: The body of Anis Amri was moved into a van at dawn this morning as officials examined the scene

On the run: Amri had been running from police since Monday night after going on the rampage with a lorry on Monday

QUESTIONS OVER BLUNDERS IN WAKE OF THE ATTACK

The killing of Anis Amri comes after an embarrassing four days for German authorities.

An hour after the mass murder, a 23-year-old Pakistani man was arrested, but police were later forced to admit he was not involved in the attack. 

It took more than 24 hours to identify Amri, despite him having left his wallet in the lorry which ploughed into crowds at the market. 

Just two hours after the attack happened, Lutz Bachmann, who heads the anti-immigrant PEGIDA group, tweeted that he had 'internal police information' that the perpetrator was a Tunisian.

Yet just two hours after it happened, Lutz Bachmann, who heads the anti-immigrant PEGIDA group, tweeted that he had 'internal police information' that the perpetrator was a Tunisian.

The killer's eyes were hidden in pictures circulated by police, and he was identified as Anis A., potentially hampering efforts to track him down.

When he was eventually identified as the chief suspect, it transpired that he was well known to intelligence services, and had even been reportedly heard offering his services as a suicide bomber. Despite being arrested three times this year, deportation papers were never served.

He was killed in the early hours of the morning in Milan, despite German authorities announcing that he was still believed to be in Berlin. 

Photos of the scene this morning showed Amri's body lying on the ground surrounded by armed police. The corpse was later covered with a blanket and the square outside the station sealed off as a crime scene.

Interior minister Marco Minniti said there was 'no doubt' the dead man was Anis Amri.

He told journalists at a Rome press conference: 'This was a routine patrol and the officers saw what appeared to be the Berlin suspect.

'Without any hesitation he pulled a gun from his bag and fired at the police. 

Christian Movio was hit in the shoulder. The police officer Luca Scata responded and the suspect was killed. 

'Without a shadow of a doubt this was Anis Amri'. 

He hailed the two police officers as 'heroes' who had ensured 'all Italians can have a happier Christmas because of their bravery'.

German police appear to have completely misjudged the distance Amri was able to travel after the attack on Monday night.

HOW FOUR-DAY MANHUNT FOR BERLIN TERRORIST UNFOLDED

Monday

Between 3pm and 4pm: Polish lorry driver Lukasz Urban, 37, has his lorry hijacked. 

He was on his way back to his truck from a kebab shop when he was ambushed.

8pm - The truck is driven into a large crowd of people at outside the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in the centre of Berlin. Urban's body was found in the passenger seat after the attackers fled. He had been shot and stabbed, but authorities believe he was alive when the truck ploughed into the crowd.

9pm - A man is arrested after being tackled fleeing the scene.

Lorry driver Lukasz Urban (pictured above) was found dead in the passenger seat of is lorry after the massacre. He is believed to have fought to regain control of the truck from Amri as it sped towards revellers.

Tuesday

4am - Police raid a refugee camp at Tempelhof, believed to be where the Pakistani suspect resided. 

8am - The suspect is named as Naved B, a 23-year-old man from Pakistan.

10am - German chancellor Angela Merkel confirms the attack is being treated as an act of terrorism.

12pm - Germany's interior minister, Thomas de Maizière confirms that 18 of the 50 people hurt in the attack were 'very seriously injured'.

1.20pm - Police admit that they have arrested the wrong man. A senior officer says: 'The true perpetrator is still armed, at large and can cause fresh damage.'

6.50pm - Authorities confirm that the wrongly-arrested man has been released.

ISIS claims responsibility for the attack, describing the lorry driver as a 'soldier' and praising him for 'targeting nationals of the coalition countries' 

Wednesday

Angela Merkel confirmed it was being treated as a terrorist attack.

It is revealed that police are looking for a Tunisian man, named as Anis Amri, after his ID was found under the driver's seat. It emerged that the failed asylum seeker, who had a 100,000 euro reward on his head, had been under the surveillance of German intelligence for several months. 

He had been arrested three times this year, but deportation papers were never served. 

Reports in Germany suggest intelligence services had lost track of him weeks ago

A cousin of Naveed Baluch, the wrongly accused suspect, was 'mentally unfit' and had not been heard from since he was released. His cousin Waheed told MailOnline he was 'very worried' about the missing man. 

Thursday

An Israeli woman became the first named victim of the Berlin lorry massacre. Dalia Elyakim, from Herzliya, Israel, was with her husband Rami when the atrocity happened. Rami was in hospital fighting for his life. 

Two of Amri's brothers, Walid and Abdelkader, said they believed he had been radicalised in prison in Italy, and Abdelkader told reporers: 'I ask him to turn himself in to the police. If it is proved that he is involved, we dissociate ourselves from it.'

Two men were arrested after a police raid at a mosque in Berlin's Moabit neighbourhood, where Amri was allegedly captured on CCTV just eight hours after the mass killing.

Dalia Elyakim, from Herzliya, Israel, was named as the first victim of the massacre. Her husband Rami, pictured with her, is fighting for his life'.

Friday

3am - Amri was shot dead in Milan. Italian Interior minister, Marco Minniti, said Amri immediately produced a gun when approached by police and shot an officer during a routine patrol in the northern Italian city early on Friday. The Tunisian was then killed, and there is 'absolutely no doubt' that the man was Amri, Minniti said.

This morning, before his death was announced, a senior police source told tabloid Bild: 'We believe he is either in Berlin or in North Rhine-Westphalia'. 

German chancellor Angela Merkel this afternoon expressed her relief that the suspect poses no further threat.

Mrs Merkel said she has ordered a comprehensive investigation into all angles of the case, after it emerged that German authorities had tracked Amri for months this year on suspicion of planning an attack.

The German leader said 'our democracy, our rule of law, our values and our humanity' are the alternatives to 'the hate-filled world of terrorism', and would ultimately prevail.

Mrs Merkel also expressed her deep thanks to Italian authorities, and in particular to the two police officers who challenged Amri. 

At dawn forensics officers removed the body and began photographing bullets strewn across the ground from the shoot-out. There were also blood-soaked clothes and tissues. 

Earlier today police arrested two men at the mosque where Europe's most wanted man was allegedly seen just eight hours after driving a 25-ton lorry into a crowd at a Christmas market.

The men, one of whom was in traditional Muslim dress, wrestled with police, shouted expletives and lashed out at journalists and members of the public as they were bundled away.

Investigation: Forensics were called to the scene after the Berlin lorry killer was shot dead.

Police had received a tip-off that Amri was in Milan before he turned up at a train station in Milan.

The arrests, in Berlin's Moabit neighbourhood, came as it was revealed Amri was allegedly captured on CCTV at the mosque just eight hours after the atrocity.  

Images  show a man in dark clothing and a cap standing in a doorway in the early hours of Tuesday, German public broadcaster rbb reported.  A man, alleged to be Amri, was also seen at the same mosque on two different days in the week leading up to the atrocity. 

This morning there had also been reported sighting of him in Aalborg, Denmark - but this now appears to have been a false alarm.

Amri was made Europe's most wanted man after being identified as the perpetrator, but only after German authorities initially detained the wrong suspect.

Pakistani refugee Naveed Baluch, 23,was taken in for questioning after being arrested around a mile from the scene.

However, he was subsequently released without charge, prompting fears that the real attacker was still at large.

Earlier today police arrested two men at the mosque where Europe's most wanted man was allegedly seen just eight hours after driving a 25-ton lorry into a crowd at a Christmas market

The men, one of whom was in traditional Muslim dress, wrestled with police, shouted expletives and lashed out at journalists and members of the public as they were bundled away.

Amri was identified after his wallet was found in the cab of the vehicle, but the German police were slammed as to how this took so long to find, with many critics saying it was 'too convenient' as it had not been found sooner.

But Amri was further pinpointed to crime scene when his fingerprints were also found on the steering wheel of the stolen vehicle. 

Amri has strong links to Italy because it was the first European country he claimed asylum in.

HERO POLICEMAN WHO KILLED LORRY TERRORIST WAS A TRAINEE

Trainee policeman Luca Scatà (pictured) is just a few months into the job yet still managed to chase down and shoot dead Europe's most wanted man Anis Amri, 24

Trainee policeman Luca Scatà is just a few months into the job yet still managed to chase down and shoot dead Europe's most wanted man Anis Amri, 24.

The Sicilian, who works in Milan, approached the killer outside Sesto San Giovanni station in the northern Italian city while on patrol with colleague Christian Movio.

They asked for his ID because he looked like the Berlin terror suspect - Amri pulled a gun from his bag and opened fire, screaming 'Allahu Akbar'.

Movio was hit in the shoulder and Amri ran through the square trying to hide behind cars while firing. Scatà gave chase and shot him dead in the street. Christian Movio is in hospital but will survive the shooting, police said.

Italian interior minister Marco Minniti said there was 'no doubt' the dead man was Anis Amri and paid tribute to the bravery of the officers, naming them in a Rome news conference.

Luca Scatà's Facebook page has since crashed because so many people are leaving messages of thanks and congratulations.

Barbara Dalpozzo wrote: 'Luckily for Italy there are people like you.. Merry Christmas Luca'

Ivobbello Triddick added: 'Thank you and congratulations! You're a hero, of the real ones, who devote their lives to the country! Long Live Italy!'

In 2011 he dodged prison in his native Tunisia after fleeing following a violent robbery. He was jailed for five years in absentia.

He arrived in Italy in 2011, arriving on the small island of Lampedusa amongst thousands of people fleeing the Arab Spring uprisings. He pretended to be a child migrant - even though he was 19 - but then rioted inside his detention centre, which was set on fire. He was then jailed for four years, serving it in two prisons on Sicily.

After his release Italy failed to deport him twice because Tunisia refused to take him back and he fled Italy via the Alps for Germany, meaning he probably went via Milan. 

Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti, left, is flanked by Rome's prefect Franco Gabrielli as he speaks during a news conference in Rome

Italian police cordon off an area around the body of Anis Amri after a shoot-out with police

Amri was jailed by a court in Kairouan, in northern Tunisia, in 2010 for stealing a truck, according to German newspaper die Welt.

But he fled his home country for Europe the following year to avoid being sent to prison for other robbery and violence offences.

Amri was sentenced to five years behind bars in 2011 - but left the country to avoid jail and arrived illegally in Italy as a fugitive from justice.

He was later jailed for arson in Italy when he burned down a migrant reception centre during a violent protest on the island of Lampedusa - the entry point into Europe for hundreds of thousands of migrants fleeing north Africa and the Middle East.

Amri was one of a number of migrants who set fire to their mattresses, which burned the migrant centre holding 1,200 refugees to the ground.

Many refugees were given permission to travel freely through Europe but Amri was ordered to stay in the overcrowded camp because he claimed to be an unaccompanied minor.

Amri was released four months early from his four year sentence, arriving in Germany in July 2015 where he remained under the surveillance of the intelligence services for several months.

He had been arrested three times this year and his asylum application was rejected, but deportation papers were never served and he disappeared.

The Tunisian radical was known to be a supporter of Islamic State and to have received weapons training.

With nowhere to go after his release, ISIS recruiters offered him protection before convincing him to sneak into Germany as a Syrian refugee, a source within Tunisia's anti-terror police revealed.

The source told MailOnline: 'Whatever he decided to do in Germany was started while he was in Italy.

'They gave him food and shelter and persuaded him to carry out a mission for them. It was in Italy that he was radicalised.

'He entered Germany posing as a Syrian refugee. He was a vulnerable young man and they showed kindness to him.'

But the terror he brought to the streets of the German capital is a far cry from a youngster who loved amateur dramatics and cookery, his sister told.

Seconds from disaster: Dashcam footage shows the hijacked truck (circled in red) speeding past waiting cars as it careers towards the pedestrianised street

A wanted notice for a Tunisian suspect in the truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin says the man should be considered armed and dangerous

Close up: The shattered glass on the windshield of a truck shown after it ploughed through the Christmas market. A wreath and part of a market stall was embedded inside

AMRI'S LAST KNOWN LOCATION 

Prior to the shooting in Milan, Amri's last known location was a mosque in Berlin, where he was seen just hours after the atrocity. 

Amri was captured on CCTV outside the place of worship in the city's Moabit neighbourhood just eight hours after the Christmas market massacre.

Images show a man in dark clothing and a cap standing in a doorway in the early hours of Tuesday, German public broadcaster rbb reported. 

Amri was captured on CCTV outside the place of worship in the city's Moabit neighbourhood just eight hours after the Christmas market massacre

Images show a man in dark clothing and a cap standing in a doorway in the early hours of Tuesday, German public broadcaster rbb reported

He was also seen at the same mosque on two different days in the week leading up to the atrocity.

Intelligence sources later confirmed that they believed the man in the CCTV footage to be Amri. 

Other pictures emerged of the mosque after it was raided by police who used stun grenades as they entered the building.

The door was seen hanging on its hinges, and a rudimentary attempt to fix it, with pieces of wood and masking tape appeared to have been abandoned.

A window in the hall outside the mosque, which was covered with graffiti and dirt, had been smashed.

The door was seen hanging on its hinges, and a rudimentary attempt to fix it, with pieces of wood and masking tape appeared to have been abandoned.

A window in the hall outside the mosque, which was covered with graffiti and dirt, had been smashed

Older sibling Najoua said: 'He did drink, but moderately, he took cooking and acting classes when he was in Italy, he liked his life before he was jailed [in that country].

She added: 'When he was a child in school I was university studying literature, he used to come to me and ask me to read him pre-Islamic poetry and explain to him what it meant. He really appreciated its beauty and he was passionate about it.'

Speaking from Tunisia this morning, Amri's brother Abdelkader is quoted as saying: 'We are shocked and the whole family is sick. No comment.'

He later told AP by telephone that he wanted to find out the 'truth about my brother.

The family ordered a crowd outside their house to leave when news of Friday's police shootout reached the central Tunisian town of Oueslatia, according to neighbor Wiem Khemili. Police stood guard around the impoverished town. 

His brother Walid posted a photo of him on Facebook following the identification of Anis as the prime suspect.

The image of Anis stood by a lake was captioned 'I am praying you are safe and that these reports are not true.' 

How Berlin Christmas market killer was able to flee across at least three countries thanks to Europe's wide open borders  

By Martin Robinson, UK Chief Reporter for MailOnline

Europe's most wanted man Anis Amri travelled unhindered through at least three countries before being gunned down in northern Italy.

Blundering German police today said they believed the Tunisian asylum seeker was still in or around Berlin just before he was shot dead almost 1,000 miles away in Milan.

Officers have been raiding addresses across Germany in the hunt for Amri, but after arresting the wrong man the ISIS terrorist was able to flee the country.

This morning, before his death was announced, a senior police source told tabloid Bild: 'We believe he is either in Berlin or in North Rhine-Westphalia'.

Manhunt: German authorities offered a 100,000 euro (£84,000) reward for information leading to his capture - but for 12 hours his face was blurred because of their privacy rules

Evidence: Pictures from the scene appear to show a weapon lying on the road near a backpack

Nigel Farage: Berlin's Christmas market attack proof EU free movement is a 'risk to the public'

Nigel Farage, pictured in New York last week, has said the free movement zone in the EU must be scrapped after the Berlin market attacker fled across borders to France and Italy.

By Tim Sculthorpe 

Nigel Farage has said the free movement zone in the EU must be scrapped after the Berlin market attacker fled across borders to France and Italy.

The ex Ukip leader said the ecape route of Anis Amri proved the Schengen zone was a 'risk to public safety'. 

Mr Farage has linked free movement and terrorism before.

In the wake of the Paris attacks and ahead of the EU referendum, he said: 'The warnings were pretty clear.

'Isis said they would use the migrant tide to flood the EU with half a million jihadists.

'I would suggest 5000 is too many; 500 is too many… it only took eight to cause that destruction in Paris the other night.

'This dream of the free movement of people, this dream for others of the Schengen area: It hasn't just meant the free movement of people, it has meant the free movement of Kalashnikov rifles.

'It has meant the free movement of terrorists, and it has meant the free movement of jihadists.'

It heaps further embarrassment on Chancellor Angela Merkel, who yesterday said she believed they would arrest him 'soon'.

By the time the European arrest warrant was issued 30 hours after the terror attack, Amri had plenty of time to leave the country.

He travelled out of Germany and all the way to Chambery railway station in the French Alps. 

He then took a three-hour direct train to Turin, and then on to Milan's Central Station where he arrived at 1am, and then on to the suburban Sesto San Giovanni station where he was killed by police at 3am.

It is not known how he got to France from Germany but if it was by train the quickest route would be from Berlin to Frankfurt, then on to Lyon.

One report said he may have gone to Paris before heading towards the Alps and Italy over the past five days.

Police will be searching for any abandoned cars in case he left Germany by road before switching to the railways.

Meanwhile, French authorities are refusing to comment on how the Berlin attack suspect apparently crossed into France and left again in the face of an international manhunt.

Milan police chief Antonio de Iesu said earlier that Anis Amri had 'surely passed through France' - a country that has been living in a state of emergency for more than a year after deadly Islamic extremist attacks.

France upped security on the road borders with Germany border after Monday's Christmas market attack in Berlin, and introduced extra security forces on trains last year after American passengers thwarted an attack on an Amsterdam-Paris route.

The Interior Ministry, prime minister's office and president's office would not comment on the Milan police announcement that Amri was found in Italy with a train ticket from Chambery, France the day before.

French Interior Minister Bruno Le Roux visited a Paris train station Friday morning to inspect security measures ahead of Christmas holidays. He said more than 91,000 police and military forces are deployed across the country.

Nigel Farage has said the free movement zone in the EU must be scrapped after the Berlin market attacker fled across borders so easily. 

Amri, 24, has strong links to Italy because it was the first European country he claimed asylum in.

In 2011 he dodged prison in his native Tunisia after fleeing following a violent robbery. He was jailed for five years in absentia.

He arrived in Italy in 2011, arriving on the small island of Lampedusa amongst thousands of people fleeing the Arab Spring uprisings.

He pretended to be a child migrant - even though he was 19 - but then rioted inside his detention centre, which was set on fire. He was then jailed for four years, serving it in two prisons on Sicily.

After his release Italy failed to deport him twice because Tunisia refused to take him back and he fled Italy via the Alps for Germany, meaning he probably went via Milan.

He looks to have followed a near identical route back - yet German police appear to have completely misjudged the distance Amri was able to travel after the attack on Monday night. 

And the security services in German have already been heavily criticised for the way they have handed the investigation.

German authorities took a day to find Amri's wallet in the truck and only confirmed his fingerprints were inside yesterday

Police were raiding addresses all over Germany, pictured in Dortmund, when Amri had already left the country

First picture: Naved B, a Pakistani asylum seeker, was arrested after the attack - he had nothing to do with it but it took police 18 hours to work it out

Path to Germany: Amri fled Tunisia to avoid jail but was imprisoned in Italy for rioting in an immigration centre. He still managed to get to Germany after his release. He has been repeatedly arrested and watched by vanished two weeks ago

Nigel Farage said the ease with which Amri moved around Europe proved the Schengen Area was a 'risk to public safety'

First police arrested the wrong man in the aftermath of the attack - a Pakistani asylum seeker who accidentally jumped a red light near Breitscheidplatz.

Innocent man Naveed Baluch, 23, was flown across the country to Karlsruhe to be questioned, but was released 18 hours later after he was found to have no blood on his clothes and no injuries.

In that time Amri was allegedly caught on a security camera as he stood outside a mosque he was believed to have frequented in Berlin's Moabit neighbourhood.

The next blunder came when German police took a day to find his wallet under the lorry's front seat and they only managed to confirm his fingerprints were on the wheel yesterday.

Amri's privacy was then placed above the public's need to identify him the number one suspect.

German media reports only ran his first name and second initial, and in all pictures his eyes were blacked out.

WHAT IS SCHENGEN? 

The Schengen Area is a zone covering 26 European states that have officially abolished passport checks at their mutual borders.

The area mostly functions as a single country for international travel purposes with a common visa policy.

The policy is named after the Schengen Agreement struck in 1985.

States in the Schengen Area have eliminated border controls with the other Schengen members and strengthened border controls with non-Schengen countries.

Britain has an opt out from the Schengen zone meaning there are passport checks at airports, ferry ports and the Channel Tunnel Only after a 100,000 euro bounty was put on his head was his full identity revealed around 12 hours later. This was almost two days after the attack.

The country's security was placed under fresh scrutiny following revelations covert surveillance had been ditched against the 24-year-old after more than six months due to police finding nothing to substantiate an initial tip-off.

Yesterday it was revealed that wire taps grabbed two months ago showed Amri had told a hate preacher that he was willing to blow himself up - and had also inquired about buying automatic weapons from a police informant.

But German officers still did not believe they had enough evidence to arrest him, according to Spiegel.

A near-total ban on CCTV in public spaces also meant that German police and security services had no live footage of the Christmas market massacre or the killer driver fleeing the scene.

Draconian German privacy rules mean filming in public places is largely prohibited - and this year politicians blocked attempts to install cameras on Berlin's main squares.

It is a backlash against tyrannical control of the population by the Nazis and then state-sponsored surveillance by the Stasi in Cold War East Germany before the Berlin Wall fell.

One German journalist told the Mail: 'Then, the state knew everything about you. As a result, the public now fears it knowing anything about you.' 

Police say it has gone too far and means that the driver of the truck who fled on foot from Breitscheidplatz square cannot be followed on camera.

Bodo Pfalzgraf of the German police union said after the attack: 'We need better and more intelligent surveillance in public places, and Monday's tragedy has shown precisely why.

'We would know a lot more about the perpetrator by now if we had been allowed to install video cameras on Breitscheidplatz square. We couldn't have prevented the attack, but our investigation would be more advanced by now. CCTV can save lives'.