Germany tightens security for Christmas

Following a truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market in December one year ago, police and city councils have erected concrete bollards around markets near traffic and added extra security and patrol police. Police will try to keep a low profile and keep the festive spirit intact with one German town decorating their security bollards as bonbons or presents.

Berlin Mayor Michael Mueller paid his respects at the Breitscheidplatz market and laid a white rose at a small memorial, calling on Belriniers to maintain the city's spirit of openness and tolerance. 24-year-old Tunisian Anis Amri ploughed a truck through a festive Berlin market on December 19 last year, killing 12 people.