(Deutsche Welle-Germany) The Islamic State on Tuesday said the driver of the truck that plowed into a Christmas market in Berlin on Monday was "targeting citizens of the Crusader coalition," according to the group's news agency Amaq. Earlier, German prosecutors announced the release of the Pakistani detained in connection with the truck attack, citing a lack of evidence. A police spokesperson told Die Welt, "We have the wrong man, and therefore a new situation. The true perpetrator is still armed, at large and can cause fresh damage." A Polish man who was in the passenger seat of the crashed truck was found shot dead at the scene. German Prosecutor Peter Frank said the attack was reminiscent of July's terrorist attack in Nice, France, and of the "modus operandi" deployed by Islamist terror groups. The head of Germany's Criminal Police Agency, Holger Munch, said six of the 12 people killed have been identified as Germans. He could not, however, identify the nationalities of the other six.
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