German authorities launched a manhunt Sunday for a terrorist suspect accused of driving a van into crowds near Berlin's Pride parade before allegedly carrying out machete attacks that killed one person and wounded dozens more, in what investigators believe was a terror attack driven by extremist motives. Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed Germany would not be "intimidated or divided."
Authorities issued a wanted notice and warned people against approaching Abdul Ballout, saying that he may be armed and dangerous.
Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said the incident points to a terrorist attack.
Dobrindt put the total number of wounded at 29. The attack occurred a few hundred meters (yards) from a party near the Brandenburg Gate that was supposed to officially close out the city's Pride festival.
Ashley Jump, a 26-year-old U.K. resident, had traveled to Berlin for Saturday's Pride parade but had left the celebrations before the attack. They returned Sunday to leave flowers at a memorial near the crime scene in support of the LGBTQ+ community.
