Baku-APA. The German authorities say they cannot be sure if a man in custody was behind Monday's lorry attack on a Berlin Christmas market that killed 12 people, APA reports quoting BBC.
"We have to entertain the theory that the detainee might possibly not have been the perpetrator," federal prosecutor Peter Frank told reporters.
The style of attack and the target suggested Islamic extremism, he said.
A vigil has been held at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, right next to the scene of the attack.
The man detained, who has denied involvement, arrived in Germany from Pakistan at the end of last year. He was captured in a park after reportedly fleeing the scene.
Before attending the vigil, German Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed to punish those responsible for the attack "as harshly as the law requires".
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