(Deutsche Welle) German prosecutors are investigating a police officer for allegedly distributing internal police information on the 2016 Berlin terror attack to friends in the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, public broadcasters reported Friday.
The officer, himself a member of the AfD, and fellow party members were part of a chat group on the messenger service Telegram when a terrorist drove a truck into the Christmas market at Berlin’s Breitscheidplatz Square on December 19, 2016, killing 12, NDR and ARD reported.
Around 90 minutes after the attack, the officer reportedly sent internal police information to the group.
The following day, results of the forensic investigation of the truck used in the attack were also sent to the chat group from the officer’s phone number, according to the reports.
