Daily Mail: Revealed: Tunisian asylum seeker wanted for Berlin massacre was jailed for four years in Italy for burning down a school and arrested three times in Germany before police lost him
* Terror suspect Anis Amri, 23, from Tunisa served four years in an Italian prison for an arson attack on a school
* His ID was found in the footwell of the truck used in Monday's attack which claimed 12 lives and injured 48
* German security officials had Amri under close surveillance between March and September this year
* He was suspected of dealing drugs and planning robberies to finanance the purchase of assault rifles
* Amri allegedly arrested for GBH and having fake passport but vanished in December before the attack
The Tunisian terror suspect wanted in connection with the Berlin Christmas market atrocity spent four years in an Italian jail before moving to Germany, his father revealed today.
Anis Amri settled in Italy after leaving his hometown of Tataouine, Tunisia seven years ago to travel to Europe as an illegal immigrant, his father claimed in a radio interview.
Amri, who has a €100,000 reward on his head, spent four years in an Italian jail after burning down a school before leaving the country for Germany last year.
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