The Berlin market attack suspect Anis Amri has been shot dead by police in Milan, Italy\u2019s interior minister says.<\/p>\n
The man, who opened fire on police who asked him for ID during a routine patrol in the Sesto San Giovanni area in the early hours of Friday morning, was \u201cwithout a shadow of a doubt\u201d Anis Amri, Marco Minetti said.<\/p>\n
One police officer was injured in the shootout.<\/p>\n
Germany has been on high alert after the attack which left 49 injured.<\/p>\n
Separately, police arrested two people in the German city of Oberhausen on suspicion of planning an attack.<\/p>\n
The fingerprints of the dead man match those of the Tunisian, 24, reports in the Italian media say.<\/p>\n
German officials have confirmed Anis Amri\u2019s fingerprints were found inside the truck that was used to kill 12 people and wound 49 others in Berlin on Monday evening.<\/p>\n
The attack took place at a Christmas market at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in the west of the German capital.<\/p>\n
According to the Italian news agency Ansa, Anis Amri had travelled by train from France to Turin, and then taken another train to Milan.<\/p>\n
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