German police shoot dead suspect in Berlin Pride attack

German special forces have shot and killed 21-year-old Abdul Ballout during an operation in Berlin's Spandau district on Sunday evening, ending a 20-hour manhunt. According to investigators, officers raided a garden shed where Ballout was hiding. He attacked special units with a knife before being killed in an exchange of gunfire.

Ballout was identified as the driver who drove a rented van into a crowd during a Pride celebration near Tiergarten on Saturday night, before attacking bystanders with a knife and machete. The attack left one woman dead and 29 others injured. Investigators noted that Ballout had a prior conviction for planning a violent act, had previously attempted to join Islamic State in Syria, and had refused deradicalisation programmes.

Sources: Corriere della Sera, Il Messaggero, La Repubblica.