Berlin Christmas market truck attack Suspect Shot Dead in Italy Friday Dec 23,2016

A man believed to be the suspect in the Berlin Christmas market truck attack was killed in a shoot-out in a suburb of the northern Italian city of Milan on Friday Dec 23,2016, a security source told Reuters.

Italy's interior minister was to hold a news conference at 10.45 a.m. (0945 GMT), the ministry said.

A short video posted on the website of Italian magazine Panorama suggested the shooting happened before dawn, with police gathered around a cordoned-off area in the dark.

Daniele Bennati, AFP| Italian police and forensics experts gather around the body of suspected Berlin truck attacker Anis Amri after he was shot dead in Milan on December 23, 2016.

• The suspect in the Berlin truck attack was killed in a shootout in a suburb of the northern Italian city of Milan on Friday.
• He was stopped during a routine traffic stop in the early hours of Friday morning.
• Fingerprints identify the man killed in Milan as the Berlin truck attacker.
• He pulled a gun from his backpack after being asked to show his identity papers and was killed in the ensuing shootout.
• The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack in Berlin, which killed 12 and injured 56 others.