01070nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001260001600042653002100058653002200079653002900101653002000130653002800150653001400178100002700192700001900219245007800238300001000316490000700326520053100333       2017                            d  cSpring 201710aCounterterrorism10aGermany migration10aintelligence cooperation10alaw enforcement10aparliamentary oversight10aTerrorism1 aSebastian von Münchow1 aLena Hantschke00aParliamentary Attempts to Investigate Berlin’s Vehicular Ramming Attack  a25-390 v163 a<p>On December 19th, 2016 Germany saw the first major Islamist terror attack on its soil. A Tunisian asylum seeker crashed a hijacked truck into one of the main Berlin’s Christmas markets. The assault resulted in 12 casualties. In the aftermath, several attempts were made by German parliaments on Länder-level, as well as on federal level, to investigate how the terrorist was able to use 14 different identities, how he carried out the plot, how he escaped and where security authorities failed to prevent the attack.</p>