An Australian girl in Berlin stated there was 'blood and our bodies in all places' when a truck ploughed via a Christmas crowd and killed not less than 9 folks.
Trisha O'Neill was sitting simply metres from the devastating scene and described the carnage on the Kurfürstendamm market.
'Abruptly there was an enormous increase and the folks in entrance me jumped on prime of me,' Ms O'Neill advised ABC.
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Trisha O'Neill was sitting simply metres from the devastating scene in Berlin
The automobile left a path of devastation in its wake after ploughing via the Christmas markets
The truck ploughed via all the size of the market - crashing via market stalls and harmless bystanders
'I simply noticed this large black truck dashing via the markets crushing so many individuals after which all of the lights went out and every part was destroyed.
'I might hear screaming after which all of us froze. Then all of a sudden folks began to maneuver and carry all of the wreckage off folks, attempting to assist whoever was there.
'There was blood and our bodies in all places.'
She stated folks, together with youngsters and the aged, appeared to not be shifting - whereas others burst into tears.
The automobile maneuvered from Budapester Strasse onto the realm exterior the Memorial Church earlier than ploughing into the gang
A minimum of 9 folks have been killed and greater than 50 injured after a lorry sped via a crowd of customers in Berlin
German police have urged civilians to stay at house
Ms O'Neill was on the Christmas markets to rejoice the final day of her German courses for the yr. She finally left the streets and went to a close-by condominium with buddies, and phoned household.
She moved to Berlin in September on a one-year visa.
Every day Mail Australia has contacted Ms O'Neill.
A minimum of 9 folks have been killed and greater than 50 injured after the lorry ploughed via at about 65 km/h.
As German police indicated the incident is prone to be terror associated, ISIS moved shortly to say accountability for the deadly assault.
The automobile mounted the pavement earlier than dashing via a crowd of customers, tearing via stalls because it travelled all the size of the market on Breitscheidplatz Sq., exterior the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in west Berlin.
A minimum of 50 folks have been injured and not less than 9 individuals are useless
'There was blood and our bodies in all places,' stated Australian girl Trisha O'Neill, who was simply metres away from the carnage
The motive force of the truck was arrested close by and is in police custody
The motive force of the truck was arrested close by and is in police custody, whereas a passenger within the automobile died on the scene.
Germany's justice minister says that federal prosecutors, who deal with terrorism instances, are actually taking up the investigation.
Polish media are actually questioning if the truck was hijacked, after its proprietor misplaced contact with the driving force.
The truck was from Gdansk in Poland - some 80 miles from Berlin.
Police in Berlin are actually utilizing Twitter to induce locals to remain of their houses as German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she is 'mourning the useless'.
The Die Welt newspaper stated that German intelligence had been warning metropolis authorities for the previous week of a doable assault on a Christmas market.
Police stand exterior a tent close to the Christmas market in Berlin as these injured within the devastating crash are handled
Armed police are standing guard on the entrance to the market and round Berlin
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