German manhunt after deadly car ramming near Berlin Gay Pride

Police sealed off the area where the incident happened (AP Photo)

German police searched on July 26 for a 21-year-old believed linked to Islamist circles after a car ploughed into crowds near Berlin's Gay Pride celebrations, killing one person and wounding 16 others.

The incident shattered what had been a day of celebration for hundreds of thousands attending Christopher Street Day, one of Europe's largest Pride events, and left revellers fleeing a central Berlin park as sirens echoed through the night.

Police told AFP the suspected vehicle was later found abandoned a few hundred metres from the heart of the festivities in Tiergarten park.