The German police are looking for a Tunisian man after finding an identity document under the driver's seat of the truck that ploughed into a Christmas market on Monday, killing 12 people,according to Der Spiegel.
Der Spiegel, a German news magazine, said the document was in the name of Anis A, born in Tataouine in 1992. The suspect is also believed to go by two false names, it added.
The daily newspaper Bild reported that Anis A was known to the police as a possibly dangerous individual and part of a large Islamist network, according to Reuters.
Bild, which is owned by Business Insider's parent company Axel Springer, has published a photo of the suspect, who is said to be between 21 and 23 years old.
Sie entdeckten seine Papiere im LKW. Die Polizei fahndet bundesweit nach dem Islamisten Anis A. bild.de/regional/berli…
There are reports of a police operation in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The BBC said officials are yet to comment on any of Wednesday's developments.
German authorities are still scrambling to pinpoint those responsible for the Monday-night truck attack. One suspect, a Pakistani asylum seeker who was known to the German police, wasreleased Tuesday because of a lack of evidence, and residents have been urged to remain on guard.
ISIS on Tuesday afternoon claimed credit for the attack, supporting what German and US officials had presumed was an act of terrorism. The group's Amaq news agency declared the perpetrator to be an ISIS soldier who "executed the operation in response to calls to target nationals of the coalition countries."
Police officers seen Tuesday in front of the truck used in the attack in Berlin. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
Investigators remain "highly alarmed" at the lack of leads in the case and are wading through witness descriptions and surveillance footage and ramping up efforts to process forensic evidence such as bloodstains found inside the truck, according to The Washington Post.
The truck ran into the market outside the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in the Charlottenburg neighbourhood of Berlin at about 8 p.m. local time on Monday. It ploughed through stalls and tables and travelled 50 to 80 metres, according to the Berliner Morgenpost.
A Polish man, named as Lukasz Urban, was found dead in the passenger side of the truck. Germany's interior minister, Thomas de Maizière, confirmed that the man was shot with a shotgun but said the weapon had not been recovered. The man was identified by a cousin who owned the truck company where the man had been a driver.
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