A lorry has ploughed into a Christmas market in central Berlin, killing nine people and injuring many more, police say.

Police now say they suspect it was a deliberate attack. Video footage from the scene shows stalls knocked over and people lying injured on the ground.

The driver is on the run, German media report.

The market is at Breitscheidplatz close to the Kurfuerstendamm, the main shopping street in the city's west.

A reporter for the Berliner Morgenpost described a "gruesome scene".

The Berliner Zeitung reports that police have set up a meeting point for relatives at the scene.

A photographer for the DPA news agency said that armed police were at entrance to the nearby zoo.

Sad. Although we live in a relatively peaceful time (in the context of general human history), it just feels like the world is taking a turn for the worse over the course of the last 18 months especially. Russian ambassador in Turkey was also assassinated today, it's getting ugly.

Like the Nice attack with a truck into a group of people - one of the most cowardice form of terror.

They apparently caught the guy. He is still being questioned. The 2nd guy in the truck died on impact.

It's near the place where I lived. So I pretty much know that place, but it's not a place I like to be, because of so many tourists walking around.

only 3km from my apartment.
Some witnesses said the driver looked like an East European, which would make sense since it's a Polish truck. But I don't see a motive just yet.

Sad. It was only last week or so when the stalls were being set up that they warned they needed barricades to stop possible attacks during the festive period. And now this happens.

Oh, it's a polish truck? I only heard that it was east european. Watching N24.

"Das Tatfahrzeug des mutmaßlichen Attentäters hat ein polnisches Nummernschild aus der Region Gdansk (Danzig). Ein Augenzeug beschrieben den Täter als osteuropäisch. Der Lastwagen gehört einer Transportfirma in Gryfino (Polen)."

They even changed the text, which is clearly visible here.
I swear it wasn't like that when I first read it. So dunno if it was just one witness or more who said that. Anyhow, it was dark and I doubt anyone could immediately tell if he looked like an Easter European guy.

Police confirmed that they got him.

50 seriously injured and 9 killed.... F***ed up that people can do this sort of thing on perpose.
Hope he gets to spend the rest of his life in jail.

Also that its done so close to christmas. Its just messed up.