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Berlin (dpa) - The survivors of the terrorist attack on the Berlin Christmas market have criticized ex-NRW Interior Minister Ralf Jäger for his announced absence from the committee of inquiry into the terrorist attack.
"We perceive Mr. Jäger's decision not to appear in the investigation committee as a disregard," said Astrid Passin, spokeswoman for victims and bereaved families, the editorial network Germany (RND, Monday).
«We advise him to carefully consider his decision.
And we hope that he will undo it. "
Jäger (SPD) announced that he would not testify as a witness in the investigative committee on Thursday.
The committee's secretariat informed the members of the parliament that Jäger, member of the state parliament, had announced that he would not follow the summons if the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia met at the same time.
This caused considerable resentment among some members of the committee, especially since the evidence is to be completed on Thursday.
The session in the state parliament, where black and yellow rule with a wafer-thin majority, was important for him, Jäger had emphasized.
"But I'm ready to come to any other appointment," he said on Friday.
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The assassin Anis Amri had kidnapped a truck on December 19, 2016 and drove to the Christmas market.
He killed 12 people and more than 70 were injured.
The Tunisian was a supporter of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist militia.
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