Why has he gone missing? Did he have some involvement in the jihad attack after all, or in some other jihad or otherwise criminal activity? Do German authorities have even the remotest handle on this situation?
“Released Pakistani goes missing in Germany,” by Behram Baloch, Dawn, December 22, 2016:
GWADAR: Naveed Baloch — the Pakistani asylum seeker who was detained in Berlin for his suspected involvement in a deadly assault in which 12 people died early this week, and who was said to have been released late on Tuesday for lack of evidence against him — has neither contacted his family nor reached the refugee shelter in the German capital where he was living.
Naveed’s father Hassan Baloch told Dawn on Wednesday that his son had gone missing.
He said he had not been contacted by Naveed even though media reports said his son had been set free by the Berlin police on Tuesday night.
When contacted, a Baloch activist in Berlin, Wajid Baloch, confirmed that Naveed had yet to reach the refugee shelter where he was living prior to his detention.
His mobile phone had been switched off, Wajid said.
He said he was in contact with the head of the refugee shelter.
Hassan said his son used to work on a daily wage basis in the local fishing industry. “Out of frustration and fed up with unemployment, my son went to Germany 17 months ago,” he said.
Hassan lives in Kech district of Balochistan.
German police launched a manhunt on Wednesday for a rejected asylum seeker suspected of involvement in the deadly truck assault claimed by the militant Islamic State (IS) group, AFP reported from Berlin.
Officials said that asylum office papers believed to belong to the Tunisian man with alleged links to the radical Islamists were found in the cab of the 40-tonne lorry used in the attack that killed 12 people.
“There is a new suspect we are searching for — he is a suspect but not necessarily the assailant,” Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere told reporters, saying a Europe-wide search was under way. He declined to give further details.
But his regional counterpart in North Rhine-Westphalia state, Ralf Jaeger, said the man identified as Anis A. or Ahmed A. by media had already been under investigation for planning an attack.
Counterterrorism officials had exchanged information about him, most recently in November, and a probe had been launched suspecting he was preparing “a serious act of violence against the state”, Jaeger said….

RichardL says
Please make sure you correct the 12 dead! It is 13 – Lukacz must not be forgotten!
I have zero faith in German authorities of any type.
gravenimage says
Very true, Richard.
EYESOPEN says
You’re absolutely right Richard. One of the last comments to his wife when he spoke to her on the phone was that he and his truck (parked at that time to await unloading in the morning in what one could say was a VERY bad neighborhood) was being surrounded by muslims. It’s a shame he didn’t just boogie out of there for a safer place to stay overnight.
A Harris USA says
I am sure that poor little refugee had nothing to do with the slaughter…. Merkel even said,, Don’t let it be a refugee… God forbid!!! I would bet 10000000 dollars that this guy who now appears was killed by Milan Police this morning, did not work alone… There is no such thing as “lone wolf”.. EVER!!!
Walter Sieruk says
Donald Trump should be able to handle the problem of Islamic terrorism better than that fool Merkel of Germany. Merkel is as guilty as sin regarding taking part of the blame for that Islamic terror truck attack in Berlin last Sunday. For her PC politics and polices led to that murderous jihad murder disaster. Furthermore, is should be made clear that the “holy book” of Islam, the Quran, [the Koran] gives instruction in the ways of the violent and deadly jihad. To give only one out of many examples of this from the Koran is Sura 47:4. Which teaches “Whenever you encounter the unbelievers strike off their heads until you make a great slaughter among them…” Let’s face it, using a large truck as a weapon, as the Muslim /jihadist did, can sure make a greater “slaughter among them” than a sword can.
ed cox says
Posted earlier that when they go looking for him , he won;t be found .
Ade says
Laurel and freakin’ Hardy
john spielman says
keystone cops?
Wellington says
“keystone cops?”
Yep, except this time it ain’t funny.
gravenimage says
Usually the Keystone Kops were up against nothing more nefarious than robbers–not so here.
miriamrove says
It only means he had something to do with this. m
Ginger says
Quite possibly he was the decoy.
Guest says
Or he simply realizes that Germans are waking up and asking ‘why is that illegal criminal in our country?’, even if he had nothing to do with the attack.
Carolyne says
Or he was ordered released by Merkel so he could get out of the country before the police put two and two together.
Damocles Junior says
In the age of B & W movies we used to laugh at the Keystone Cops. We still laugh at reruns of Hogans Heroes. This farce could be a laughing matter but it is most certainly not. I still can not get over a previous post, “We did not have the correct paper work to arrest, detain or deport the suspect”..
EYESOPEN says
Boggles the mind, doesn’t it?
Ginger says
No information has been given about the witness who followed him and guided the police towards the arrest.
Darryl Kerney says
maybe he’s undergoing islamophobia deprogramming to cure him of his suspicion of obvious dangers ?
jayell says
Why would a muslim from Pakistan seek asylum in Germany? It’s no more ludicrous than a Christian from England seeking asylum in Indonesia. Unless our Pakistani friend is trying it on for one reason, that is. Now, why might he do a thing like that?
Guest says
Not really the same. Illegal immigrants can get benefits and hope for job opportunities in Germany. It may be simply because he knows he’s now exposed as an illegal and a criminal that he’s ducked under.
gravenimage says
Muslim migrant who was arrested and released in Berlin truck jihad attack goes missing
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How many here at Jihad Watch predicted this? At least a dozen, as I recall, and I’m sure many other readers thought about it–I know I did. And yet, this appears to have caught German authorities completely by surprise–why is that?
More:
Hassan said his son used to work on a daily wage basis in the local fishing industry. “Out of frustration and fed up with unemployment, my son went to Germany 17 months ago,” he said.
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In what way is he an “asylum seeker”? He sounds like a typical economic migrant.
Guest says
We also saw Nice, listened to ISIS and *knew* that Christmas markets were major targets for any muslim influenced by their instructions. Berlin could have protected the market with bollards, but decided not to. It just let the citizens just sing kumbajah and trust that no such thing would happen, because only islamophobes think the worst.
RichardL says
he had 4 identity papers and collected benefits on all of them. Imagine if a German would have four sets of papers and collected unemployment benefits on all of them. Would he be in prison?
One set of laws for the invaders and one for Germans.
Germans will rise, trust me.
Sassy says
When they said they released him, I was thinking ”I don’t think so”. Because he is a refugee, I think police was pressured into saying he had no involvement.
The situation is going from terrible to horrible for Merkel. If I were German, I would have no trust whatsoever in the Police nor the media.
JawsV says
I was suspicious of them letting the Pakistani go from the beginning.
sidney penny says
“Hassan said his son used to work on a daily wage basis in the local fishing industry. “Out of frustration and fed up with unemployment, my son went to Germany 17 months ago,” he said.”
That is not the basis for seeking asylum anywhere let alone Germany.
There cannot be any persons seeking asylum from India, Pakistan or Bangladesh There is no basis for it.
Darryl Kerney says
when the rules become so convoluted that a simple basic concept becomes so de-focused and obscured that it’s no longer obvious to everyone, nothing sensible is likely to come after that……
mortimer says
Where is Naveed Baloch, the terrorist of the Berlin Christmas market?
Baloch is no doubt among the 15% of all Muslims who say they approve of TERRORIST GROUPS that commit attacks on civilians and Western military, including police.
Among Germany’s 4.8 million Muslims, there are no doubt up to 200,000 Muslims who would conceal Baloch from the police. There would be at least 7,000 Islamic terrorists in Germany who would gladly work with him to perpetrate another attack.
Merkel should be forced to pay compensation to the families hurt by her MADNESS.
Baucent says
The German Police are woefully ill prepared for tackling the growing Jihadist threat in the country. They are weakened further by political interference and a legal system that seems to have few Terrorist era laws on the books. The Pakistani should have immediately been held for a month while the investigation proceeded. They released him before they could possibly know if he had any association to this Anis A. guy. They had no officers watching over the Christmas market even though ISIS had indicated such sites were targets. This all spells incompetence.
Carolyne says
Or conspiracy.
Angemon says
Why not try his luck in a neighbouring nation, one where he might know the language? Why go to Europe, and specifically Germany?