thomas de maiziere, german minister of the interior: this success of the manhunt means that the alert threat in germany has not been changed. it remains high. and how was he able to travel undetected from berlin to milan, with his face on every screen? a train ticket found on his body revealed his route. >> reporter:after monday's terror rampage, he somehow made his way to the town of chamberee in the french alps. just before midnight last night, he got on a train that took him to turin and on to milan. where his escape ended at three a=m. in tunisia, amri's family said they had no idea that he had become radicalized. "we apologize to the people of berlin, those who were killed were innocent people. we ask for their forgiveness and we apologize to them again." that rookie italian cop and his wounded partner could end up splitting the reward for amri. the german government had a price on his head of 100=thousand euros. more than 100=thousand dollars. still ahead on kron four news at five. a massive sinkhole - shuts down a busy intersection in san francisco. where this is happening -- a

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studio: that is the federal interior minister, thomas de maiziere, bringing us up to date with the latest8 are very seriously injured and he's praying for them to get well. flags are being flown at half—mast across germany today. he said no decisions need to be taken about when that .. —— when that will come to an end. he said, we must not compromise our lifestyle. we must not allow people to destroy our life or the enemies of freedom or they will have won. richard galpin is with me. a statement as we would expect, showing sympathy and empathy and talking about the need for people to try to carry on living lives as normal. yeah, and this echoes what chancellor merkel said in her statement. an appeal to the german people to stand strong now, to stand upright, to stand up and not let themselves become so frightened that their lives become paralysed. it is significant that he is saying that although the christmas markets in berlin will be closed today, events across the country will continue as normal. so they will not be intimidated into shutting down all the celebrations at this important

the interior minister, mr macro, told reporters that the suspect had entered germany —— thomas de maiziere and arrived in berlin in

the interior minister of germany, thomas de maiziere, told german television that the investigation isranslation: on behalf of the german government, i want to say that we are all devastated about the news. we pray with the relatives of those who've died, and we hope that the injured will get better. i want to thank all the rescue teams and the police, who were on the spot right away. we have activated our reaction team. all the police will be staying there. we are currently interrogating a suspect. we don't know anything final yet about the background of this, but we will not rest before this has been totally clarified. i don't want to talk about an attack, although a lot speaks for it. let's get some more reaction to events in berlin. although german police have not yet said who was behind the incident, in the us, president—elect donald trump has issued a statement saying "innocent civilians were murdered in the streets as they prepared to celebrate the christmas holiday. isis and other islamist terrorists continually slaughter christians in their communities and places of worship as

i therefore ask the interior minister, thomas de maiziere, in conjunction with the authorities involvednd also with the regional authorities, to investigate and analyse every aspect of the case of mr amri. and i have asked him to submit the results as speedily as possible. wherever there is the need for a political or legislative change, we will implement those changes in the federal government speedily. today, i was talking by telephone with the tunisian president. we talked about all the relations between germany and tunisia. tunisia have intensified their efforts to fight terrorism. i am intensified their efforts to fight terrorism. iam pleased intensified their efforts to fight terrorism. i am pleased about that. also, as regards the deportation and repatriation of tunisian asylum seekers who do not have leave to stay in germany, we have also made progress with that. we need to accelerate the repatriations process and we need to increase the numbers repatriated. i told this to the president. ladies and gentlemen, at the end of this week we can be relieved that one acute threat has c

>>thomas de maiziere/germany's interior minister: today we can tell you that we have additional indication suspect is the attacker. in the driver's cab we found fingerprints. >> reporter:a man claiming to be amri's father says he left for italy seven years ago after dropping out of school. >> reporter:italy considered him a petty criminal -- jailing him for arson. but in germany he was a potential terrorist. police investigative files show he had discussed launching an attack in germany "several times" before -- a reality not surprising to the german chancellor. >>angela merkel/german chancellor: theoretically, we have known for a long mentioned it, that we are a target for the islamist terrorists. >> reporter:police raids in west germany have come up empty -- has the support of a terror network. >>paul cruickshank/terrorism analyst: that's all very worrying because it suggests he has other people who can help him hide. but also other people who that may be able to furnish him with more weapons even with explosives. >> reporter:meanwhile, the christmas market in west- berlin re-opened toda

the interior minister, mr macro, told reporters that the suspect had entered germany —— thomas de maiziered suspect entered germany about a year ago and arrived in berlin in february. so far, the authorities have no knowledge of any claim of responsibility from so—called islamic state. but they are also saying at the same time that they have no doubt that the fatal ramming of that christmas market in berlin was an intentional terrorist attack. 12 dead and among the dead, a polish citizen found on the passenger seat of the truck with a gunshot wound. they believe the lorry had been hijacked. we canjust we can just see that federal government delegation, including the chancellor, angela merkel, during the scene that devastating and horrific attack. —— touring. just before christmas in berlin at that christmas market. and plenty of questions being asked now of the german authorities and being asked of angela merkel about whether security could be improved or increased, and indeed whether there might be more attacks that the authorities need to think about, whether they could increase security

thomas de maiziere, german minister of the interior: this success of the manhunt means that the alert threat in germany has not been changed. it remains high. and how was he able to travel undetected from berlin to milan, with his face on every screen? a train ticket found on his body revealed his route. after monday's terror rampage, he somehow made his way to the town of chamberee in the french alps. just before midnight last night, he got on a train that took him to turin and on to milan. where his escape ended at three a=m. in tunisia, amri's family said they had no idea that he had become radicalized. "we apologize to the people of berlin, those who were killed were innocent people. we ask for their forgiveness and we apologize to them again." >> reporter:that rookie italian cop and his wounded partner could end up splitting the reward for amri. the german government had a price on his head of 100=thousand euros. more than 100=thousand dollars. plus. a university of oklahoma running back speaking out in the wake of released video showing him punching a girl in the face back in 20

her interior minister, thomas de maiziere, confirmed that amri's fingerprints were found in the cab oflihood also the offender. we have found in the driver's, fingerprints and we also have other indications pointing towards that likelihood. it is in that light, even more important the investigation and the manhunt is successful. earlier i spoke to dr henning riecke, a security expert from the the german council on foreign relations, who said he was surprised that the authorities took so long to find the suspects id in the lorry. bit surprised it took so long for them to find the wallet in the car that linked the act to the terrorist. 0bviously they removed the car from the crime site before they searched it down to find it. they now have fingerprints, so that is at least a very strong lead. what was the wrong lead was the man from pakistan they worth following earlier which led to a lot of debate about the migration crisis and angela merkel‘s responsibility. this has died down a little bit. it shows how dangerous those risky persons are who have links to islamic militants, who are well