"We were refugees -- we had lost everything, but the worst part of it all?was that we never knew what happened to him," she sighed, her eyes fixated on?a picture of her as a child sitting on her father's lap, a demure smile on her?lips.

"The secretary-general condemns the terrorist attack in Berlin last night,"?said a statement from his spokesman.He "hopes anyone involved in the commission of this appalling crime will be?swiftly brought to justice," he added.

3.50pm Berlin's Christmas markets will not open on Tuesday, according to Spiegel. Across the rest of the country, Christmas markets will have strong security protocols in place.3.38pm?Berlin's police chief said on Tuesday?that the "dangerous criminal" behind a deadly truck rampage at a Christmas market may still be at large, urging "heightened vigilance"."It is the case that we may have a dangerous criminal in the area and that of course makes the public nervous," the police chief, Klaus Kandt, said after voicing doubts that a Pakistani asylum seeker in custody was behind the attack on Monday?evening that killed 12 people.

"Of course we are boosting security measures. Heightened vigilance is also needed right now."3.34pm Chancellor Angela Merkel has visited the scene of the attack along with Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier and Interior Minister Thomas de Meziere.

The Chancellor visited the area of the crime and was briefed by security personnel at the scene.

3.13pm Berlin police have tweeted a picture of officers observing the minute of silence which took place at 3pm. They said they are "deeply sad for the victims."Advertisement The party to mark the opening of Dandy Diner had only started 20 minutes earlier in the rapidly gentrifying Neuk?lln neighbourhood in southeast Berlin.

Such events are a common sight in the capital: a Facebook event offers free food and drink or the prospect of being seen among the young, beautiful people to create buzz around a new shop or restaurant. ?But on Saturday evening shortly after 8pm police decided that the situation was already spiralling worryingly out of control.

“It was simply too full,” a spokesperson told Berlin daily Morgenpost, explaining that with the crowds spilling into the road, police were no longer able to guarantee their safety.By that time there were already 300 people packed into the restaurant in the hip Neuk?lln neighbourhood, and a further 500 waiting outside.