John Barrowman caught up in 'horrific' incident in Berlin

John Barrowman has told how he saw "dead bodies all over the place" following an incident in Berlin today (08.06.22).

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The 55-year-old actor took to Twitter to reveal he had witnessed some "pretty horrific" scenes in the German capital city, describing it as "carnage", after a car is believed to have driven into a group of people.

John tweeted: "We think we have witnessed a terrorist attack here in Berlin we’re not sure there’s a lot of people dead bodies all over the place we’ve seen a car that came down the road and ended up in a storefront covering three city blocks it’s pretty horrific #berlin (sic)"

In a video posted on his Twitter account, he said: "So my friend Mikey K told us to sit by a tree just in case anything else happens because it’s something that’s between us and any other vehicles that might come.

"It’s really pretty bad guys, there’s ... over where we are here there’s a lot of police, there’s a dead body in the middle of the road, then over here there is all the emergency services that are trying to help victims and people.

"There’s a lot of people walking with limps and injuries. If I’m pointing to you from the road, up there the car came down onto the pavement ... we had dinner in that restaurant last night."

Describing what he saw, he said: "The car came down onto the pavement, then it’s come down onto the road over there, has hit somebody, then has gone down the road and come back onto the pavement down that way.

"It came back onto the pavement and [went] through a bunch of people, gone through ... the photograph I posted of a cafe, and right into a storefront window.

"The police presence is unbelievable, they are clearing out the area, it was cordoned off. I heard the bang and the crash when we were in a store, and we just came out and saw the carnage.

"There’s helicopters coming in now to airlift people, so I’m going to let you see this then I’ll get back to you.

"We have been moved all the way down away from the incident, you can see up there the police behind us and there's other police cars coming."

The 'Torchwood' actor, who is with his husband Scott Gill in Berlin, admitted he was "OK" and the couple were heading back to their hotel.

John added: "This is bad, this is serious. I mean, really bad. There's multiple fatalities, there is hundreds of emergency services that are in the area, they're blocking off city block after city block, and the cordon keeps expanding and we're being pushed back and out.

"We are making our way back to the hotel, we've both spoken to our parents to let them know we're OK, but we're going back to the hotel as we kind of don't want to be on the street."

Berlin police said on Twitter: "A man is believed to have driven into a group of people. It is not yet known whether it was an accident or a deliberate act."

A police spokesperson added to Berlin newspaper Tagesspiegel: "We have detained the driver and are shedding light on the matter."