BERLIN: Security has been beefed all across the Europe ahead Christmas weekend after recent Berlin market truck attack.

On December 19, 12 people died after a man driving a truck rammed into a crowded Christmas market in the German capital. Later, on December 23, Anis Amri, a 24-year-old Tunisian suspected of carrying out the truck attack was shot dead in a town near Milan after he pulled a gun on police during a routine check.

He had travelled undetected to Italy from Germany via France, taking advantage of Europe’s open-border Schengen pact.

Police increased their presence at all tourist spots in major cities and other densely populated areas which have all been targets of Islamist militant attacks in France, Britain and Germany.

As investigators sought to determine if Amri had accomplices in Italy, and associates were being arrested in his home country of Tunisia, national security officials in Italy beefed up security at sensitive spots.

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