German police shoot suspect after fatal Berlin Pride attack
German police shot and killed a suspect following a fatal vehicle attack during Berlin's Christopher Street Day parade that left one woman dead and 16 injured.
German authorities are investigating a fatal vehicle attack at Berlin's Christopher Street Day parade after police shot and killed the primary suspect following a citywide manhunt.
A white van drove into a crowd near Tiergarten park on Saturday evening, killing one woman and injuring 16 other people. Police subsequently tracked down the suspect in the western borough of Spandau. Officers fatally shot the man, identified as 21-year-old German citizen Abdul Ballout, after he charged at law enforcement with a knife.
German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt stated that "everything we are seeing here indicates that we are dealing with an Islamist attack." Federal and local police are examining Ballout's background to determine his motives and potential network connections.
Sources: BBC News, Die Zeit, Koha, Tagesschau
Sources
- Die Zeit — CSD Berlin: Mutmaßlich islamistischer Tatverdächtiger nach Angriff identifiziert
- Tagesschau — Eine Tote und zahlreiche Verletzte: Auto fährt bei Berliner CSD in Menschenmenge
- BBC News — What we know so far about the Berlin Pride ramming attack
- Koha — Kemi të bëjmë me sulm islamist, thotë ministri gjerman pas futjes së veturës në “Berlin Pride”
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