Hero cop who took down Berlin truck terrorist was rookie who had only been in job for a few months
Luca Scata, 29, is said to have braved a hail of bullets to kill Anis Amri after he pulled a gun from his backpack and wounded his colleague
THE hero cop who shot dead Berlin truck killer Anis Amri today was a trainee who had only been on the job for a matter of months, it has emerged.
Luca Scata, 29, was today reported to be the man who pulled the trigger on the terrorist behind the Christmas market massacre in the German capital.
The 24-year-old suspect is said to have pulled a pistol from his back pack and shot at two officers – hitting one in the shoulder – while screaming "Allahu Akbar".
But while his colleague Cristian Movio, 36, lay wounded on the ground, rookie Scata - who was just months into his job - braved the bullets to take down Europe’s most wanted man.
Italy's Interior Minister Marco Minniti this morning confirmed the man killed was Amri "without a shadow of a doubt".
He added: "Italy is grateful to these two police officers for service rendered to our community."
Forensics teams inspected a police car at the scene as daylight broke this morning while several key pieces of evidence were marked out on the ground.
An object appearing to be a gun was marked out.
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Authorities believe a 22 calibre gun used by Amri could be the same one used to shoot dead Polish trucker Lukasz Urban on Monday night.
The body was identified using fingerprints - which were also found in the truck that carried out Monday night's atrocity in the German capital.
Cops reportedly found a train ticket from France in his backpack, suggesting he had just crossed the border with France.
The ticket suggests Amri had travelled from Chambery in south-east France over the border into the Italian city of Turin.
The revelation raises serious questions about continental security after Europe's most-wanted man was able to cross at least two international borders freely.
It comes after a Europe-wide manhunt for the Tunisian behind Monday's lorry attack.
Amri had strong links to Italy having moved there from Tunisia five years ago.
His father yesterday told his son had become a jihadist after being radicalised in an Italian prison.
Mustapha Amri said: "He left Tunisia March 2011 in what is called ‘al-Horqa’, a wave of illegal immigration shortly after the uprising.
“He dropped out of school and travelled to Italy; he was involved in a robbery and a case of burning down a school and camp.
“He spent four years in jail in Italy where he met extremist groups which attracted him.”
Danish Police earlier said a man matching Amri's description had been spotted in Eternitten in Aalborg.
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