Romanian driver tells how he unsuspectingly helped the Berlin attack suspect

Alexandru Gindea, a 37-year old Romanian truck driver, told the journalists of the Spanish newspaper El Mundo that he had talked to the Tunisian man Anis Amri, considered the main suspect in the Berlin Christmas market attack, two days after the tragic event. The Romanian apparently met Anis Amri last Wednesday, two days after the attack on a highway in France, and gave him directions on how to reach Lyon, according to El Mundo. Gindea said that he met Anis Amri on the highway 20 in France between Limoges and Brive-la-Gaillarde on Wednesday at 10.45 pm. The location is 1,470 km away from Berlin, the place where Anis Amri had killed 12 and injured 48 two days before. “He came decided to my door. He looked neat, shaven, and was wearing a white wool sweater,” the Romanian said about his encounter with Anis Amri. “He was looking for the highway leading to Lyon, which was about 40 kilometers ahead. Only after the man walked away, the Romanian driver realized that his face was familiar and called the emergency number 112 in France. “With four filters well-placed on the highway they could have caught him immediately. And I would have been EUR 100,000 richer,” Gindea said. The German authorities announced they would offer a EUR 100,000 reward to whoever would help catch the suspected terrorist. On December 24, the Berlin attack suspect Anis Amri was killed in a Milan shootout. When the Italian police asked for his papers, Amri pulled a gun out of his backpack and fired at them, according to the Italian police. The policeman in the car returned fire and killed the suspect. editor@romania-insider.com