(VOVworld) - Germany's interior minister Thomas de Maizière on Thursday said Tunisian Anis Amri, whose ID was found inside the truck that rammed into a Berlin Christmas market, is highly likely to be the attack's perpetrator.

Germany's interior minister Thomas de Maizière (right) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (second, right) at a press conference in Berlin on December 22 (Photo: EPA)

Amri’s fingerprints were found in the cabin of the truck that plowed into the market Monday, leaving 12 people dead and 48 injured. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she hoped that the attacker will soon be arrested.