Berlin attack: Lorry ploughs into crowd of shoppers

[CharlesHarris]

My buddy in Italy says that the State Police, not Carabinieri, patrol the subway stations and railroad depots.

Perp was spotted on CCTV ID'ed through facial recognition software with police alerted to which exit he was leaving from the station. Two SPs stopped him and asked him for ID, he reached into backpack and came out blazing with a German RG .22 pistol, hitting one cop in the shoulder, other cop instantly engaged with Beretta M92 and double-tapped him twice in the head with 9mm FMJ, standard protocol for suspicious person with backpack who might be carrying detonator for an IED.

Wounded cop is recovering in hospital. In boca al lupo!