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Merkel to meet bereaved a year after Christmas market attack

German Chancellor, Angela Merkel. [Photo: Courtesy]

Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel is scheduled to meet with the 12 families of victims who were killed by an Islamic jihadist, a year after a truck ploughed into a Christmas market crowd.

The private gathering on the eve of the anniversary of the atrocity, comes against the backdrop of angry reproaches by many of the bereaved, who say official incompetence and neglect since the assault has inflicted fresh wounds.

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