Berlin Police Say They Arrested The Wrong Man

Berlin police said the 23-year-old asylum seeker in custody after the attack on the Christmas market in Berlin Monday is not the truck driver, Die Welt reported Tuesday.

The attacker remains at large and is believed to be armed and dangerous, police said.

“We have the wrong man, and thus a new situation,” police said in a statement. “The capital’s preparedness police and the special forces have been informed.”

Naved B., a 23-year-old Pakistani asylum seeker, was arrested Monday on suspicion of being the truck driver. The suspect denied any participation in the attack.

Police performed an overnight raid against the asylum shelter where Naved B. is registered. Four people were questioned and personal items were seized. After hours of interrogations, police started questioning if they had caught the right person.