Berlin truck killer Anis Amri crossed four open European borders while on the run before being shot dead by Italian cops
Ease of terrorist's escape exposes how the Schengen open borders policy plays into the hands of terrorists
MOST-wanted terrorist Anis Amri waltzed through as many as four borders before he was shot dead in Italy yesterday.
The Berlin truck killer is said to have travelled unchallenged on Europe’s rail network for 72 hours despite his picture being flashed to national police forces and a European Arrest Warrant being issued.
The ease of his escape exposes how the Schengen open borders policy plays into the hands of terrorists.
Tunisian national Amri, 24, had a train ticket showing he travelled from Chambéry on the France-Italy border to Turin on Thursday.
It is unclear how he got into France from Germany.
Reports in Italy suggested he left Berlin hours after his Christmas market attack left 12 dead on Monday night and caught trains to Amsterdam then Brussels.
From there he is thought to have travelled to Paris, on to Chambéry and Turin.
He then caught a final train to Milan, where he was stopped by two cops and killed in a shootout early yesterday.
Other reports said he may have reached Paris via Frankfurt then headed south.
Up until he was gunned down 600 miles away, German cops were still briefing media that he was in Berlin or elsewhere in the country.
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Following news of Amri’s death, former Ukip leader Nigel Farage tweeted: “The Schengen Area is proven to be a risk to public safety. It must go.
“The free movement of good people also means free movement of bad people.’’
Activist Beppe Grillo, of the Five Star Movement, which wants Italy out of Europe, said: “The two cops are heroes. We owe them our thanks. But this all happened because the migrant situation is out of control.
“In 2015 there were 153,842 arrivals in Europe. Of these 55 per cent were refused permission to stay.
“So where did they all end up? Italy and the rest of Europe is a sieve.
“Amri was able to get into Europe, stay in Italy for four years, travel to Germany for his attack then return to Italy and no one stopped him. What is clear is that the Schengen Agreement needs revisiting.”