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Germans Arrest Wrong Man; New Manhunt for Berlin Attacker; Witness Account of Berlin Attack
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With me now, someone who witnessed this horrific attack, streamed this video of the aftermath and the confusion live on FaceBook. He is Jan Hollitzer, who joins me now.
Jan, thank you so much for being with me.
First, just take me - it was this time yesterday when this truck plowed through all those revelers at that market. Where were you?
JAN HOLLITZER, WITNESSED TRUCK MASSACRE: Hi. I was finishing my work and was on my way back home and I passed the Christmas market on the other side of the street. And then I heard a big noise. The truck smashed the small booth on the market and I could hear screams and then I saw the truck came out on the market again on the street.
BALDWIN: I can't imagine the screams, the crowds, the kids. What did you then do?
HOLLITZER: I don't know about kids. I haven't seen kids. Yes, I was shocked like the other people around and, yes, you - in the first moment you don't realize that this could be an attack, maybe an accident. Then in the other second, you have the pictures in mind of Nice this year, it was also a lorry and a crowd and in Berlin it was a lorry and a crowd. And then you realize slowly that it could be also an attack.
BALDWIN: I understand you had a friend and a colleague in Nice and so that was part of, you know, a journalist instinct, pull out the camera and I would say very carefully not showing certain faces document what - what you were seeing.
HOLLITZER: Yes.
BALDWIN: I want to go back, though, Jan, to the - to the news that law enforcement apparently had the wrong - had the wrong person and it's essentially back to square one.
HOLLITZER: Yes, that's right. And it's really scary that the driver of the truck is out there in Berlin.
BALDWIN: It is scary. Jan, thank you so much."
Police: Truck Plows Through Crowd In Berlin - CNN.com - Transcripts
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19.12.2016 - Let's bring in another eyewitness to this incident, Jan Hollitzer is in Berlin .... by the way, to this interview, Julian, to Jan Hollitzer of "Morgenpost.
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[15:00:00] HALA GORANI, CNN INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: -- located in a major downtown public square. German police are now saying there are multiple
injuries and German media reports at least *one person is dead. You are seeing pictures of the aftermath there. You see a big truck there on
right-hand side with an SUV with the taillights still on there.
You're seeing the festive Christmas lights there of that Berlin Christmas market on the left. Of course, not at all a festive atmosphere right now.
A witness tells CNN there is no way that this was an accident.
Let's bring in another eyewitness to this incident, Jan Hollitzer is in Berlin. He also happens to be a journalist, the deputy editor-in-chief of "Berliner Morgenpost" and he joins me now on the phone. Jan, first of all, what did you see this evening?
JAN HOLLITZER, DEPUTY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, BERLINER MORGENPOST: Yes, I (inaudible) exactly time that the truck moved in the Christmas market on the other side of the street. Luckily, I have to say, I heard a big noise, and then I moved in the Christmas market and saw there are many chaos.
There was a lot of destruction. There was many injured people and the truck moved right into the way you go through the small houses, and 50 or
60 meters later, he came out left out of the market on the street again.
GORANI: All right, I want to tell our viewers while we were on the phone, Jan, we have been able to confirm at CNN *multiple deaths as a result of
this truck plowing into the Christmas market. *Fifty injured at least, it appears, right now, according to the latest. Did it appear deliberate
based, Jan, on what you saw?
HOLLITZER: I don't know now what exactly happened because I don't know -- I don't have enough information, but I can confirm there are many injured
people, about 50 and dead people, and the police department, they have the information here and also from reporters outside which they guess it could
be an attack.
GORANI: All right, I mean, of course, we don't absolutely know for sure, but it is starting to look more and more like it would be very difficult to
imagine a scenario in which this is an accident, or someone losing control of a vehicle that size. It does look more and more like that is what
happened. Describe the scene, you mentioned chaos, some Christmas stands flattened as a result. Tell us what you saw in your immediate vicinity
this evening at the market.
HOLLITZER: Yes, destroyed *houses, some people who take care of the injured people that lay on the ground, and also under the truck were some people
and the driver of the truck was still inside. And it was really traumatic. Really you sort of --
GORANI: And Jan, if you're able to see CNN, I just want to let our viewers know, these are live pictures from the scene, where we're seeing how big
this truck is. It looks like a huge Lori (ph). You're saying you saw the driver still inside the cab of the truck? Can you describe more of what
you saw in there?
HOLLITZER: I just saw a leg, that's all it seemed. Maybe he --
GORANI: Did he look -- I mean, was he dead? What did he look like?
HOLLITZER: I don't know.
GORANI: You don't know?
HOLLITZER: I don't know. I just said that he was the one person in the truck --
GORANI: And you say you saw a leg, was the door open, you saw a leg dangling?
HOLLITZER: Yes.
GORANI: And then unfortunately, of course, you also had to see people under the truck who had been run over?
HOLLITZER: Yes. That's right. Can you describe the scene a little bit more?
HOLLITZER: No, no, I don't want to describe it. It's really scary.
GORANI: I understand. Thank you very much. A terrible thing that you witnessed there. This truck plowing into that Christmas market. Just a
terrible day all around. Jan Hollitzer, thank you so much, the deputy editor-in-chief at "Morgenpost" speaking to us from Berline.
He was there in that market. He saw that truck. He saw people injured possibly even killed. We understand there were reports of multiple deaths
at that market."