Within an hour of the North Jutland Police announcement, however, reports came in that Amri had been shot dead in a shootout with police in Milan, Italy.
Earlier on Friday morning, the North Jutland Police wrote on Twitter that a man “with an appearance matching the suspect” from the Berlin Christmas market attack on Monday had been observed in the Eternitten area of Aalborg, just south of downtown.
Mand med signalement svarende til gerningsmanden fra hændelsen i Berlin den 191216, er observeret i området omkring Eternitten i Aalborg
— Nordjyllands Politi (@NjylPoliti) December 23, 2016
Police said that the area had been blocked off and requested that the public stay away.
Pt. Politiaktion i området omkring Eternitten, Aalborg. Vi
henstiller til at folk holder sig væk fra området.Ingen adgang til
området.— Nordjyllands Politi (@NjylPoliti) December 23, 2016
A police spokesman told local newspaper Nordjyske that a resident spotted the man at around 9am and immediately called police.
On Thursday, reports that the Berlin suspect had been spotted in the eastern Jutland port town of Grenaa turned out to be unfounded.
German police are offering €100,000 for information that leads to the arrest of 24-year-old Tunisian Anis Amri, whom they believe is the man who drove a lorry into a popular Christmas market in an intentional act that killed 12 and injured 48 others.
While the Northern Jutland Police pursued the tip-off in Aalborg, unconfirmed reports began emerging that Amri had been killed at a road check in Milan, Italy.
Italian authorities were scheduled to hold a press conference at 11am. Our sister sites The Local Italy and The Local Germany will have all of the latest information.
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