Monday, 19 December 2016

Donald Trump blames 'Islamist terrorists' for 'slaughter' of Christians in Berlin

US president-elect Donald Trump has blamed 'Islamist terrorists' for 'slaughter' of Christians in Berlin in a statement released late on Monday.

The White House and Italian foreign minister have referred to the market incident as an "attack" while German authorities have refrained from using the term to describe the events so far.

"ISIS and other Islamist terrorists continually slaughter Christians in their communities and places of worship as part of their global jihad," Mr Trump said in the statement, using an acronym for Islamic State or Isil.



On Twitter, thee president-elect said the attack, along with others in Turkey and Switzerland, showed "it is only getting worse. The civilized world must change thinking!"

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