Berlin terror attack suspect ‘filmed visiting mosque’ hours after lorry smashed into Christmas market
Footage shows a man in a wool hat, believed to be Anis Amri, in the doorway of the mosque just a few hours after he is suspected of massacring 12 Christmas shoppers
BERLIN terror suspect Anis Amri is believed to have been caught on CCTV outside a mosque just hours after he is alleged to have driven a 40-tonne lorry into crowds, killing 12.
Footage obtained by German broadcaster Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) shows a man in a wool hat, believed to be Amri, in the doorway of the mosque in Berlin's Moabit district just before 4am on Tuesday - less than eight hours after the horrific attack in the city's Breitscheidplatz.
According to RBB, the mosque had been ordered to shut down and was known as "the mosque of the ISIS people in Berlin".
The same man was filmed on CCTV on December 14 and December 15, less than a week before the attack which left more than 50 people injured.
The mosque was searched by police on Thursday but the manhunt for prime suspect Anis Amri continues.
Elite commando units hunting for Amri blew up the front door of the mosque, throwing stun grenades and blasting gunshots, reports the .
The target was the 'Fussilet 33' association's building in Perleberger Straße in the south-east of the capital.
Neighbouring flats are also being searched, according to German media, with four people arrested this morning in Dortmund as police raided halfway houses and refugee shelters across the country to find associates of Amri.
The mosque was reportedly raided in 2015 over allegations it was raising money for extremists in Syria and an imam was put under investigation.
German federal police issued an arrest warrant for Amri today as it emerged the Tunisian was known to US authorities and was banned from flying to the country, reports the New York Times.
Police raided a refugee camp in Emmerich in the district of Kleve, Amri's most recent address, after a
long delay due to problems with their warrant.
Authorities in Germany have come under fire after it emerged the suspect was under surveillance for months over fears he was planning an atrocity.
He also spent four years in jail in Italy after torching a migrant reception centre, according to his father.
And he was not revealed as a suspect until 24 hours after the attack on Monday night despite his ID being in the cab of the truck.
Police, who initially arrested and questioned the wrong man, reportedly did not find Amri's ID in the footwell of the lorry's cab until Tuesday - giving him a head start.
A 100,000 euro reward had been issued in the hope of tracking down Amri, Europe's most wanted man.
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