Italy deports Egyptian man linked with Berlin Christmas attack suspect

CAIRO – 29 April 2017: Italian authorities deported a 43year-old Egyptian expatriate back home, allegedly linked with Berlin market attack suspect Anis Amri, according to the Spanish newspaper Terra on Saturday.

The Egyptian expatriate was repatriated on board a direct flight from Rome to Cairo after the Italian police checked his cell phone contents and found he was linked with Tunisian asylum seeker Anis Amri, the main suspect in the Berlin Christmas market attack, according to Italian Interior Ministry.

The Egyptian suspect has already been convicted in several crimes, and was expelled from Italy in 2013. Nevertheless he returned to Rome after he fraudulently obtained a travel permit from the Italian embassy in Cairo, the ministry added in a statement.

On December 19, a truck was driven into a Christmas market near Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin, claiming the lives of 12 people and injuring 56.
The Italian police announced on Friday that they broke up two cells, allegedly linked with Islamic State (IS) group’s, Amri, AP reported.