Prague, Dec 20: Czech police will tighten security measures across the country after the latest truck massacare led to a death toll of more than a dozen people in Berlin at a crowded Christmas market today. 

 
A truck ploughed into a crowd at a Christmas market in Berlin on Monday night, killing nine persons and injuring 50 others, Berlin police said.  The decision to tighten security was made after a discussion with Czech Police President Tomas Tuhy, Chovanec wrote on his Twitter account, Xinhua news agency reported.
 
The number of police patrols on streets will rise by Tuesday and authorities will meet, probably on Tuesday morning, to decide whether to raise the level of terrorist threat in the Czech Republic, Chovanec told Czech Television (CT).
 
According to the official, based on the information gathered so far, an upgrade of terrorist threat level in the country is unnecessary. The Berlin attack is very similar tot he one carried out in Nice, France earlier in the year.

Europe has seen a spurt of IS affiliated attacks this year mostly carried out by refugees who came to Europe seeking shelter from convicts in their own home countries. It is mostly due to the rising number of attacks that major European countries are now taking a very harsh stance against refugees and Islamic practises in their countries.