Anis Amri

It was the first time Thomas Haldenwang, president of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, or BfV, had hosted his agency's traditional symposium, reported DW. 

 Italian police on Thursday arrested five Tunisians as part of what they said was a major operation against suspected supporters of Islamist terrorism in central and southern Italy, reported Reuters.

The swoop is the latest in a series of similar raids this month, coming as Italy steps up the number of foreigners it expels.

The terrorist organization Islamic State has called on its Albanian supporters to launch attacks during the upcoming holidays.

RTS is reporting this citing Pristina-based media, who said that "the call to launch attacks was sent in the Albanian language via Islamic State communication channels."

Two men suspected of links to the slain perpetrator of an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attack on a Christmas market in Berlin last year were arrested by an Istanbul court on March 21.      

Bilal Y.M. and Youssef D. were arrested for membership in an armed terrorist organization under an investigation by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.      

The German Police has a list of 548 Islamists who the German authorities believe they pose a threat to the national security.

Among them are at least 50 Islamists whose asylum application has been rejected but they have not been deported.

Anis Amri who ran over 12 people with a truck at a Christmas bazaar in Berlin, crossed Brussels while fleeing the crime scene, reported Belgium's Prosecutor's Office, reported BNR.

Amri was recognised from video tapes on the Northern railway station in the Belgian capital.

A Danish YouTuber calling himself Vlad Tepes, filmed himself crossing the German boarders with a mask and holding an ISIS flag.

Authorities in Tunisia have arrested the nephew of the suspected attacker in Berlin - the Tunisian Anis Amri, reported world media.

Two more people suspected of having links to the attack have been detained as well.

All 12 victims of the truck attack in Berlin have been identified. According to the online edition of Spiegel, six men and six women were killed. Out of the 12 victims eight are German, four are foreigners - from the Czech Republic, Italy, Israel and Poland.

Among the injured, there are citizens of Israel, Hungary, Finland, Spain and the UK. Most of them are still in hospital.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said her government would toughen its anti-terrorist law in the wake of the recent attack in a Berlin Christmas market by Tunisian terrorist Anis Amri that resulted in 12 deaths and 49 injured civilians. Speaking only a few hours after the Italian police killed the 24-year-old terrorist in Italy, Ms.