German police were following Tunisian asylum seeker with 'links to Islamic extremists over earlier terrorist plot'

German police were following a Tunisian asylum seeker with 'links to Islamic extremists' amid fears he was involved in an earlier terrorist plot - but lost him before the Berlin Christmas market massacre, it has emerged. Police today revealed they are hunting Anis Amri, 23, a refugee who came to Germany earlier this year. His paperwork was found in the footwell of a lorry used to murder 12 people on Monday night. -- More...