(FILES) This file photo taken on December 22, 2016 shows candles, flowers and individual messagesplaced at a makeshift memorial for the victims of the Christmas market attack near the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedaechtniskirche (Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church) in Berlin. The German government said on December 13, 2017 it would ramp up support for relatives of victims of attacks, after facing accusations of insensitive handling of last year's Christmas market assault. Several relatives of the 12 people who were killed in the truck rampage in Berlin had vented their anger in a withering open letter to Chancellor Angela Merkel, accusing her of "political inaction" and of failing to reach out to the bereaved. / AFP PHOTO / Tobias SCHWARZ