BREAKING: Berlin market terror suspect '˜shot dead' in Milan

A man suspected of being Berlin truck terrorist Anis Amri has been shot dead in Milan, according to reports.
Italian police cordon off an area around a body after a shootout between police and a man in Milan's Sesto San Giovanni neighborhoodItalian police cordon off an area around a body after a shootout between police and a man in Milan's Sesto San Giovanni neighborhood
Italian police cordon off an area around a body after a shootout between police and a man in Milan's Sesto San Giovanni neighborhood

The suspect produced a gun when approached by police during a routine patrol in the northern Italian city early on Friday.

One officer was injured in an exchange of gunfire, according to local media.

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There was no official confirmation that the dead man was Amri, 24, the Tunisian suspected of driving a truck into crowds at the market in Berlin on Monday, killing 12 people and injuring 48.

But the Italian Interior Ministry is expected to hold a press conference on Friday morning in Rome.

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