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Horrifying dashcam footage shows speeding truck moments before it ploughed into Berlin Christmas market killing 12

HORRIFYING dashcam footage shows the moments before a speeding lorry ploughed into a Christmas market in Berlin killing 12 and injuring dozens.

It shows the hijacked 40-tonne lorry speeding past cars towards crowds gathered in a pedestrian street, before people begin to flee the scenes of horror.

The lorry can be speeding past stationary cars in dashcam footage shot by another driver
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The lorry can be speeding past stationary cars in dashcam footage shot by another driverCredit: Reuters
Seconds later people can be seen running away from the attack which claimed 12 lives
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Seconds later people can be seen running away from the attack which claimed 12 livesCredit: Reuters

People can be seen running from the scene of Monday's atrocity in the moments after the lorry speeds past.

At about 7pm local time the lorry's lights were switched off as it ploughed through the crowded market at about 40mph.

A huge hunt is under way for the truck terrorist believed to be “armed and dangerous” Tunisian asylum seeker Anis Amri.

Today cops launched a series of raids as their bid to trace the 24-year-old continued.

12 people have died and 48 were injured in the brutal attack, and 14 remain in a critical condition and may not survive
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12 people have died and 48 were injured in the brutal attack, and 14 remain in a critical condition and may not surviveCredit: Reuters
ISIS have hailed the driver of the lorry as a 'soldier' of the group
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ISIS have hailed the driver of the lorry as a 'soldier' of the groupCredit: Reuters
The attacker is still at large and believed to be armed, with police and security services launching a frantic manhunt for the 'dangerous criminal'
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The attacker is still at large and believed to be armed, with police and security services launching a frantic manhunt for the 'dangerous criminal'Credit: Reuters

Amri was due to be kicked out of Germany yesterday and had been under surveillance for months earlier this year.

He is believed to have been caught on CCTV outside a mosque just hours after the terror attack.

On Tuesday ISIS claimed responsibility for the outrage — which came amid growing concerns about Germany’s two main spy agencies.

Police and security services were racing against the clock to find the attacker before he strikes again.

They declared they were searching for the “dangerous criminal” while politicians warned that Germany was “in a state of war”.

German police were last night desperately hunting for the attacker behind the attack. Here, cops patrol the area around Berlin's Brandenburg Gate
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German police were last night desperately hunting for the attacker behind the attack. Here, cops patrol the area around Berlin's Brandenburg GateCredit: Getty Images
Devastated Germans set up vigils around the country overnight as details emerged that the terrorist behind the attack is still on the loose
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Devastated Germans set up vigils around the country overnight as details emerged that the terrorist behind the attack is still on the looseCredit: Splash News
A heavily-armed policeman laid flowers last night in memory of the victims of the Berlin attack
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A heavily-armed policeman laid flowers last night in memory of the victims of the Berlin attackCredit: Getty Images

Twenty-five shoppers and stallholders were hospitalised, 14 of them were critically injured and Germany’s interior minister, Thomas de Maizière said some might not pull through.

A further 24 casualties were treated and released.

They were mown down as the Scania articulated lorry deliberately ploughed into crowds in Breitscheidplatz — a square in the German capital.

It careered up to 80ft before stopping, ripping through stalls and tossing victims aside like dolls.

The truck, carrying 25 tons of steel beams from Italy to Poland, had been hijacked and its Polish driver murdered.

The bloodied body of Lukasz Urban, 37, was found in the cab’s passenger seat after the atrocity.

Today machine gun-wielding cops were standing guard at Germany's Christmas markets amid fears of further attacks.

A British dad has spoken of how he and his family were forced to run for their lives to avoid the lorry as it ploughed into the market.

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