BERLIN — New information has revealed that the suspect connected with this week’s truck attack in Berlin was previously investigated by German police in a terrorism probe. <br /> <br />Documents found inside the vehicle used to kill 12 people in Berlin on Monday have been linked to a Tunisian asylum seeker, reported Reuters. That suspect was identified as Anis Amri, reported the Washington Post. He’s said to have left Tunisia seven years ago. <br /> <br />According to Reuters, Amri initially came to Italy as an illegal immigrant. His father explained to a Tunisian radio station that he spent four years in jail there on accusations of setting a school on fire. <br /> <br />In 2015, he wound up in Germany, where he was investigated for allegedly planning a robbery to finance a terror attack, but this was dropped due to a lack of evidence, reported the Washington Post <br /> <br />Authorities were also aware that Amri had “interacted” with ISIS-linked Abu Walaa who was arrested last month for allegedly sending fighters to Islamic State.
