Berlin underground and shopping centre on lockdown following discovery of suspicious package – as cops continue to hunt for terror trucker who murdered 12 in Christmas market massacre

BERLIN police have closed a shopping centre and halted underground trains after reports of a suspicious package.

Trains are not running in Prenzlauer Berg and dozens of anti-terror cops have descended on the district after the security scare, Tagesspiegel newspaper reports.

The entrance to a popular shopping centre in the troubled city's Schoenhauser Allee street has been cordoned off by police.

Trams are also thought to have stopped running in the area as authorities investigate an unattended bag, according to the reports.

Trains between Wichert Street and Stargarder Street have been suspended as authorities remain on high alert following Monday’s attack.

A plastic bag found under a viaduct is reportedly the cause of the lockdown, according to the .

Anti-terror cops were called when the owner of the bag left it unattended and failed to return to retrieve it.

Berlin police tweeted: "We are checking a suspicious object there. Please be patient."

It comes as a Europe-wide manhunt is underway for prime terror suspect Anis Amir, who turns 25 today.

The suspected jihadist is thought to have carried out Monday night's lorry attack in the German capital.

In chilling echoes of the Nice truck attack in July, the huge vehicle ploughed through a Christmas market killing 12 and injuring dozens more.

German anti-terror chiefs are ploughing their vast resources into finding suspected terrorist Amri.

Panicked cops have offered a £85,000 bounty for information leading to the Tunisian.

Sleuths hope that might be enough to persuade anyone harbouring the 24-year-old to ship him to authorities.

Detectives are already believed to have DNA from Amri’s blood left in the cab of the truck.

A fingerprint found on the door of the lorry is also thought to be a key piece in the hunt with a further print left on the steering wheel of the Polish-registered truck.

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