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Berlin Christmas market attack: German police searching hospitals for terrorist amid reports he is injured Berlin Christmas market attack: German police searching hospitals for terrorist amid reports he is injured
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Police are reportedly searching hospitals in Berlin for the suspected Isis supporter who ploughed a lorry into a Christmas market.Police are reportedly searching hospitals in Berlin for the suspected Isis supporter who ploughed a lorry into a Christmas market.
More follows... The attacker is believed to have been injured in a fight with the Polish driver of the lorry, which was hijacked hours before the massacre.
Berlin's RBB news reported that police were using DNA retrieved from the vehicles cab in efforts to trace the attacker in hospitals.
The Polish driver was found shot and stabbed to death inside while the attacker fled the scene on foot and disappeared.
A Pakistani asylum seeker originally arrested on suspicion of being the driver has been released after no evidence was found against him, leaving the attacker at large and possibly armed.
The gun used to Mr Urban has not been found, prompting fears the extremist could pose a continued risk to Germany.
Investigators are looking into the possibility the attacker was injured in a fight with Mr Urban as he desperately tried to stop the hijacked lorry being ploughed into crowds of Germans and tourists enjoying a poplar Christmas market. 
Lukasz Wasik, the manager of the lorry company, told TVP television Mr Urban as a “good, quiet and honest person” who was devoted to his work, adding: “I believe he would not give up the vehicle and would defend it to the end if were attacked.” 
The lorry’s GPS tracking showed it had been hijacked, being started up during a mandatory break and moving backwards and forwards “as if someone was learning how to drive it”. It left a parking area at around 7.40pm (6.40pm GMT) and drove around six miles to the Christmas market.
Berlin Police said they had received more than 500 tips by Tuesday night, including 80 being followed up as leads as Germany continues to mourn the atrocity.
Isis claimed responsibility for the massacre on Tuesday evening, calling the perpetrator a “soldier of the Islamic State” who was obeying calls to attack supporters of the US-led coalition launching air strikes on its territories in Syria and Iraq.
Germany's federal prosecutor, Peter Frank, told a press conference the attack mirrored the method used by an Isis supporter in Nice and followed recent instructions released  by the group to incite more terror attacks in Europe.
“There is also the prominent and symbolic target of a Christmas market, and the modus operandi that mirrors past calls by jihadi terror organisations,” he said.
Angela Merkel joined hundreds of mourners at a memorial service at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church on Tuesday night, after the lorry’s wreckage was taken away for forensic testing.
Hundreds more were unable to enter the packed service, gathering inside the deserted Christmas market instead and holding makeshift vigils under the watch of heavily armed police in Breitscheidplatz.
Michael Müller, the mayor of Berlin, said it was “good to see Berliners aren't being intimidated” as Christmas markets and festive events continued under the watchful eye of armed police.
“I don't think there's any need to be afraid,” he told ZDF television. “The police presence has been significantly heightened ... and of course other measures taken to find the perpetrator quickly.” 
Mr Müller said security would be increased in the German capital but that measures must be “appropriate” and not constrain everyday life.
“It wouldn't be our free and open life any more if we escalated security measures so much that people worry about going anywhere, that there are strict entry checks,” he said.