Abul Gheit slams suicie attack in Berlin

Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit condemned Monday's Berlin market attack in which 12 people were killed and scores others injured.

In a statement on Tuesday, Abul Gheit deplored the attack as part of a series of terror attacks against innocent people.

He urged states to further cooperate and coordinate efforts against spiralling terror. 

The Guardian said the man - arrested under suspicion of ploughing a 7-ton truck through a Christmas market in the heart of Berlin, has been named in German media reports as Naved B, a 23-year-old asylum seeker of Pakistani origin. 

No official confirmation has been provided at this time.

The suspect was picked up about 2 kilometres (1½ miles) away from the scene of the attack in which 12 were, near the Victory Column monument.

Berlin's public radio station RBB-Inforadio reported that the suspect was a Pakistani citizen who entered Germany on Dec. 31, 2015, citing an unnamed security source.

This partly concurred with those in other German media.

Source: MENA