The Tunisian who drove a lorry into a busy Berlin Christmas market filmed a video pledging his allegiance to Islamic State.
Anis Amri was killed in a shootout with police in Milan four days after he killed 12 people.
Islamic State's Amaq propaganda wing released the footage of the 24-year-old's declaration of support for leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi just hours after Amri was confirmed dead.
It is not clear if the video was taken before or after the attack.
Italian interior minister Marco Minniti said Amri had been identified "without a shadow of a doubt".
He was stopped near a train station in the northern Italian city at around 3am (2am UK time) on Friday when he pulled out a gun from his backpack "without hesitation" and started firing at the officers, injuring one of them.
The suspect was then shot and killed.
The injured policeman has been taken to hospital and underwent surgery, but his wounds are not life-threatening.
Mr Minniti did not release further details of the operation, citing an ongoing investigation.
A German security official said Amri had been linked to an IS recruitment network allegedly run by Iraqi preacher Ahmad Abdulaziz Abdullah A, or Abu Walaa, who was arrested last month.
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