Europe is paying for open borders Bigly.
- who says he was 'a loner''?500N wrote:although being a loner some intel might be lost.
Airborne Aircrew wrote:Personally... I think he's looking better than ever
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Boac wrote:Looks quite like his picture.
Europe's open borders are putting Britain's security at risk, former police chiefs have warned after it emerged that the terrorist behind the Berlin Christmas market attack travelled unhindered through three countries before being killed in Italy.
Anis Amri, the most wanted man in Europe, travelled from Berlin to the French Alps and then onto Italy without being stopped at any point on his 1,000 mile journey.
It was only after a chance encounter outside a suburban station at 3am that he was shot dead by a rookie Italian police officer who recognised him.
Counter-terrorism experts and Tory MPs on Friday warned that the Schengen Area, which enables passport-free travel across the European Union, is being "routinely exploited by Isil".
Richard Walton, a former head of counter-terrorism at the Metropolitan Police, told The Telegraph: "Schengen poses a huge risk of terrorism, porous borders across mainland Europe are continuing to be exploited by Isil.
"They have a clear strategy and have set out to carry out attacks across mainland Europe. Europe's weakness is our weakness, it is a concern for us because if you're neighbours are insecure by definition.
"We need European countries to get their act together. Sooner or later they are going to get across the Channel."
Amri was able to escape because a European arrest warrant was not issued until 30 hours after the Berlin terror attack, in which 12 people were killed after a truck was driven through a Berlin market.
Police believe that in the wake of the terror attack Amri travelled from Germany to Chambery in the French Alps before taking a high-speed train to Milan.
It is not known how he reached Chambery but the quickest route would be from Berlin to Frankfurt and then on to Lyon. One report said he may have gone to Paris before heading towards the Alps and Italy.
After arriving at Milan's central station at 1am, Amri travelled to the suburban Sesto San Giovanni station where he arrived at 3am local time.
Luca Scata, a trainee officer, was on patrol with his colleague Christian Movio when they asked Amri for his ID because he looked like the terror suspect.
Amri, 24, pulled a gun from his bag, opened fire and screamed "Allahu Akbar". Mr Movio was hit in the shoulder by Amri who then attempted to flee the scene but was shot dead by Mr Scata.
Iain Duncan Smith, a Tory MP and former Work and Pensions secretary, said that the case highlighted the need for Britain to leave the European Union "as soon as possible".
He said: "The sooner we get out the stronger our ability to look after ourselves and our borders will be.
"Where the European Union has been heading is towards this creation of a super state, within which there would be no borders, no controls, no checks. We are now beginning to see what a mistake that has been."
Last year it emerged that Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the mastermind behind the Paris terror atacks in November 2015, had travelled repeatedly between France and his family home in Belgium. He had previously fought for Isil in Syria.
Marie Le Pen, the leader of the French far-right National Front and presidential hopeful, said: "This escapade in at least two or three countries is symptomatic of the total security catastrophe that is the Schengen agreement."
Nigel Farage, Ukip’s former leader wrote on Twitter: “If the man shot in Milan is the Berlin killer, then the Schengen Area is proven to be a risk to public safety. It must go.”
Amri, 24, claimed asylum in Italy in 2011 after fleeing Tunisia following a violent robbery. He pretended to be a child migrant, even though he was 19, but then rioted inside his detention centre. He was jailed for four years but released after serving just two.
Italy was unable to deport him because Tunisia did not want to take him back and Amri fled Italy via the Alps for Germany. It has since emerged that Amri was under surveillance by German police and two months ago was overheard offering to carry out a "suicide attack".
No order was given to arrest him and he was written off as an "errand boy". Support for Germany's anti-migration AfD party soared to a year high of more than 15 percent in the wake of the Berlin truck attack, a poll to be released Saturday indicated.
With a general election expected next September, the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany recorded a 2.5-point boost to 15.5 percent compared to last week, according to the survey for the Bild newspaper by the Insa institute.
