Berlin shopping centre closed due to police deployment: Report

German police officers guard a Christmas market in the Prenzlauer Berg district in eastern Berlin, Germany, Dec 20, 2016, following a truck that ploughed into a crowded Christmas market killed 12 people at Breitscheidplatz in western Berlin. PHOTO: REUTERS

BERLIN (REUTERS)- A shopping centre in the Prenzlauer Berg district of Berlin has been closed due to a police deployment and local trains and trams in that area are not running, German newspaper Tagesspiegel said on Twitter.

Tagesspiegel said the reason for the police deployment was unclear.

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