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Heartbreaking footage shows bystanders’ desperate attempts to help victims of Berlin terror attack

HEARTBREAKING footage shows shocked bystanders' desperate attempts to help the victims of the Berlin terror attack.

People can be seen rushing to the aid of the injured and dying after a juggernaut ploughed into crowds at the festive market, killing 12.

Video footage taken in the aftermath of the attack shows bystanders desperately rushing to help the injured
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Video footage taken in the aftermath of the attack shows bystanders desperately rushing to help the injuredCredit: Vidme
The British man who filmed the footage said 'it was chaos. It was horrible'
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The British man who filmed the footage said 'it was chaos. It was horrible'Credit: Vidme

The footage was taken by a 35-year-old man from Manchester who had left the market moments earlier.

He told : "At first we didn't have a clue what it was. There were loads of people screaming so we knew it was something major.

"We froze - we didn't know what to do. Then we decided to try to go back and help."

The footage shows people crouched over victims amongst the debris of the market stalls.

People can be seen rushing to cover the injured and dying in coats in the aftermath of Monday's atrocity.

The man said: "There was nothing I could do to help.

"It was chaos. It was horrible... shocking. The truck went right the way through."

A manhunt is underway to find the person responsible for Monday's atrocity
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A manhunt is underway to find the person responsible for Monday's atrocityCredit: Vidme
25 shoppers and stall-holders are still in hospital, 14 of them in a critical condition with uncertain chances of survival
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25 shoppers and stall-holders are still in hospital, 14 of them in a critical condition with uncertain chances of survivalCredit: Reuters
The attacker is still at large and believed to be armed, with police and security services launching a frantic manhunt for the 'dangerous criminal'
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The attacker is still at large and believed to be armed, with police and security services launching a frantic manhunt for the 'dangerous criminal'Credit: Reuters

A huge hunt is under way for the truck terrorist believed to be “armed and dangerous” Tunisian asylum seeker Anis Amri.

The 24-year-old was due to be kicked out of Germany today and had been under surveillance for months earlier this year.

Last night ISIS claimed responsibility for the outrage — which came amid growing concerns about Germany’s two main spy agencies.

Police and security services were racing against the clock to find the attacker before he strikes again.

They declared they were searching for the “dangerous criminal” while politicians warned that Germany was “in a state of war”.

German police were last night desperately hunting for the attacker behind the attack. Here, cops patrol the area around Berlin's Brandenburg Gate
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German police were last night desperately hunting for the attacker behind the attack. Here, cops patrol the area around Berlin's Brandenburg GateCredit: Getty Images
Devastated Germans set up vigils around the country overnight as details emerged that the terrorist behind the attack is still on the loose
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Devastated Germans set up vigils around the country overnight as details emerged that the terrorist behind the attack is still on the looseCredit: Splash News
A heavily-armed policeman laid flowers last night in memory of the victims of the Berlin attack
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A heavily-armed policeman laid flowers last night in memory of the victims of the Berlin attackCredit: Getty Images

Twenty-five shoppers and stallholders remained in hospital last night.

Fourteen of them were critically injured and Germany’s interior minister, Thomas de Maizière said some might not pull through.

A further 24 casualties had been treated and released.

They were mown down as the Scania articulated lorry deliberately ploughed into crowds in Breitscheidplatz — a square in the German capital — at 40mph.

It careered up to 80ft before stopping, ripping through stalls and tossing victims aside like dolls.

The truck, carrying 25 tons of steel beams from Italy to Poland, had been hijacked and its Polish driver murdered.

The bloodied body of Lukasz Urban, 37, was found in the cab’s passenger seat after the atrocity.

A British dad has spoken of how he and his family were forced to run for their lives to avoid the lorry as it ploughed into the market.

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