{"id":1527964,"date":"2026-07-26T05:15:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T10:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1527964"},"modified":"2026-07-26T05:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T10:15:08","slug":"german-police-hunt-suspect-in-berlin-pride-van-ramming-attack-that-left-1-dead-and-16-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1527964","title":{"rendered":"German police hunt suspect in Berlin Pride van-ramming attack that left 1 dead and 16 injured"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Police officers stand near a vehicle crashed into a tree after driving into a crowd near Berlin’s annual Pride event, in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo\/Markus Schreiber)<\/figcaption><\/figure>BERLIN (AP) \u2014 German authorities on Sunday issued a wanted notice for a fugitive suspect in the van ramming near Berlin\u2019s Pride festival that left one person dead and injured at least 16 others.<\/p>\n

Police and prosecutors asked for help in finding the 21-year-old suspect, whom they identified as Abdul B. They said he is believed to have injured several people with a moving vehicle late Saturday evening, and that one or more people apparently then left that vehicle. Several people were also apparently stabbed, they added.<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s notice warned the public to avoid \u201cdirect contact\u201d with the suspect, saying that he may be armed and dangerous.<\/p>\n

Police had said earlier that they had identified a suspect who has ties to Islamic groups in the German capital.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe suspect is known to police. He is known to us as a member of Islamic circles here in Berlin, and our search for this person is proceeding at full speed,\u201d police spokesperson Florian Nath said.<\/p>\n

Nath added that investigators had no information on \u201chis specific motives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police conducted operations in the city as they searched for the suspect. Those included a search at an apartment in Berlin’s Sch\u00f6neberg district in the early hours of Sunday, but police said they found no one there.<\/p>\n

Julian Miethig, who had attended the Pride festival nearby, said he wanted to go to an after-party when he heard from a friend that \u201csomething bad happened there and there are a lot of fire trucks, a lot of emergency vehicles, ambulances.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a dark day for the community,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to police, a white van drove into the Tiergarten park around 10 p.m. and hit several people before colliding with a tree. The closing party at the Pride festival, known as Christopher Street Day, was ongoing at the time next to the Brandenburg Gate, a short distance away, following a parade with some 80 trucks that had made its way through downtown Berlin earlier in the day.<\/p>\n

Police said a woman was killed. Berlin\u2019s fire service said that three people sustained life-threatening injuries, another eight were seriously injured and five had slight injuries.<\/p>\n

The Pride event next to the Brandenburg Gate was called off around 10:15 p.m. and a band\u2019s performance on stage was interrupted. People were urged to go home and to avoid taking the route through the park.<\/p>\n

One of the presenters at the Pride party, Ricarda Hofmann, wrote in an Instagram post that she had been there \u201cnot just as a moderator, but as part of a community that comes together to be visible. To celebrate love. To stand up for each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said the attack left her speechless. \u201cWhat happened today has changed something in me,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of thousands of people had come to Berlin to celebrate on Saturday, though it\u2019s unclear how many were still at the festival by late evening. It\u2019s one of Europe\u2019s largest LGBTQ+ celebrations.<\/p>\n

The van, with its battered front resting against a tree, could still be seen at the scene Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

Chancellor Friedrich Merz described what happened as \u201can attack on our society.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat an abhorrent act in Berlin,\u201d Merz wrote in a post on X. He added that Germany loves freedom, \u201cand we will preserve and defend that.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the neighboring Netherlands, Amsterdam is hosting World Pride this week and next alongside its own annual Pride celebrations. Mayor Femke Halsema said authorities and organizers \u201care closely monitoring the security situation\u201d after the Berlin attack.<\/p>\n

She said security is always high for such events and extra measures will be added where necessary, “which visitors will hopefully notice as little as possible. Because we don\u2019t want to be scared and we want to be able to celebrate freedom and being able to be who you are and love who you want to.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Associated Press reporters Kirsten Grieshaber and Fanny Brodersen in Berlin, and Mike Corder in The Hague, Netherlands, contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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