Turkey seizes acquaintances Anis Amri

istanbul - Turkish police have arrested three men suspected of having ties it maintained with Anis Amri. The Tunisian rode the Christmas market in Berlin on December 19 with a truck twelve visitors died. Fifty others were wounded.

The trio was arrested last week at the Ataturk Airport in Istanbul. The state news agency Anadolu made known until Monday the arrest. The men all have a German passport but are of Lebanese descent. The Turkish authorities held earlier in the city of Izmir a man who maintained suspected links with Amri.

Amri, a failed asylum seeker, hit after his act on the run. He arrived four days later during a firefight with the Italian police were killed.