Extraordinary picture shows ‘Berlin terror trucker arriving with other migrants on Italian island in 2011’ – as he is gunned down in Milan street shootout by rookie cop
He was jailed for four years soon after for his role in burning down a migrant centre on the island
PICTURES reported to show Berlin terror trucker Anis Amri as he arrived in Europe have emerged in the Italian media.
A man identified by Corriere della Sera and other news outlets as Amri, then aged 18, sits with his hood up as he watches police on the Italian island of Lampedusa.
The ISIS extremist ploughed a lorry into festive shoppers at a Berlin Christmas market on Monday night.
After fleeing the scene, he was finally shot dead by quick-thinking coppers in the Italian city of Milan after a brazen four-day jaunt through Europe via France.
A video of Amri pledging allegiance to ISIS in the days before the attack was released by the terror group this afternoon.
Rewind five years, and just days after arriving from the Tunisian post of Sfax trouble-maker Amri was involved in burning down a migrant shelter.
His four-year spell in an Italian jail saw him radicalised by extremists who admired ISIS.
Speaking to Amri's father Mustapha Amri said: “He left Tunisia March 2011 in what is called ‘al-Horqa’, a wave of illegal immigration shortly after the uprising.
“He dropped out of school and travelled to Italy, he was involved in a robbery and a case of burning down a school and camp.
“He spent four years in jail in Italy where he met extremist groups which attracted him.
"He called his siblings but never spoke to me, he never sent money, but he once sent a mobile phone and a box of chocolates with a Tunisian friend of his who lived in Italy."
The extent of Amri's radicalisation was revealed with his callous killing of 12 innocent people at the German Christmas market on Monday.
In a pledge of allegiance to terror group ISIS, he said: "My message to crusaders bombing Muslims everyday… Their blood will not go in vain.
“We are a nation behind them and will take revenge for them."
Adding his allegiance to terror leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, he continues: “I call on my Muslim brothers everywhere… Those in Europe, kill the crusader pigs, each person to their own ability.”
The Tunisian terrorist screamed “Allahu Akbar” before being killed in a hail of bullets by a rookie cop during a dramatic Milan shoot-out.
Amri was brought down by Italian police at 3am this morning after officers asked him to show his ID.
He is believed to have slipped over the border from France by train.
Italian newspaper this afternoon published a picture of Amri’s dead body moments after he was gunned down.
Italy's Interior Minister Marco Minniti this morning confirmed the man killed was "without a shadow of a doubt" Amri.
The 24-year-old pulled a pistol from his backpack and shot at two officers - hitting cop Cristian Movio, 36, in the shoulder.
As he did so he screamed "Allahu Akbar" – Arabic for "God is great".
Amri, who had just arrived in Italy by train from France, was gunned down as he tried to flee after cowering behind a nearby car.
Rookie copper Luca Scata, 29, who was just months into his job, brought down the Tunisian in a hail of bullets.
Politician Minniti said: "Italy is grateful to these two police officers for service rendered to our community."
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