Police are hunting the driver of the lorry that ploughed into a busy Christmas market in Berlin as Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.
The terrorist group said one of its "soldiers" carried out Monday evening's deadly crash "in response to calls for targeting citizens of the crusader coalition".
It comes as officers released without charge the only person arrested over the atrocity - a Pakistani asylum seeker.
Prosecutors said there was not enough evidence to link him to the rampage in which 12 people were killed in the German capital.
The decision to free him means the main suspect, who is believed to be armed, is still on the loose.
Witnesses were able to follow the truck's driver from the scene but lost track of the perpetrator.
The arrested man, who denied any involvement, matched descriptions of the driver, according to prosecutors.
But investigators have not been able to prove he was in the truck's cab at the time of the crash.
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