German, French leaders pay tribute to extremist attack dead

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Last Updated : Jan 27 2017 | 11:07 PM IST
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande have paid tribute to the victims of a truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin a month ago.
The two leaders placed flowers today at a makeshift memorial on the capital's Breitscheidplatz where a Tunisian man whose asylum application had been rejected drove a hijacked truck into the market, killing 12 and wounding dozens of others.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack.
At a joint press conference ahead of visiting the site, Merkel and Hollande said Islamic extremism was a problem for all of Europe, and vowed to work together to fight it.

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First Published: Jan 27 2017 | 11:07 PM IST

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