Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleA police officer inspects a car that was driven into a crowd on the outskirts of the Christopher Street Day parade in Berlin (AFP/Getty)The suspect in the Berlin Pride attack, Abdul Ballout, was shot and killed during a police operation at an allotment garden complex in Spandau, according to local media.Ballout is believed to have driven a van into a crowd near Berlin's Pride festival, killing one person and injuring 29 others, before reportedly using a machete. Authorities are treating the incident as an Islamic extremist terror attack, with the German-born suspect having previously sought to join the militant Islamic State group. Ballout had a prior conviction in May for preparing a serious act of violence and publishing Islamic State propaganda, for which he received a suspended sentence. The attack, which occurred a few hundred metres from the Pride closing party, has prompted concerns about security at other major events in Germany. In fullBerlin Pride attack latest: Car ramming suspect ‘shot dead by police’, German media sayMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Berlin Pride attack suspect shot dead by police
Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleA police officer inspects a car that was driven into a crowd on the outskirts of the Christopher Street Day parade in Berlin (AFP/Getty)The suspect in the Berlin Pride attack, Abdul Ballout, was shot and killed during a police operation at an allotment garden complex in Spandau, according to local media.Ballout is believed to have driven a van into a crowd near Berlin's Pride festival, killing one person and injuring 29 others, before reportedly using a machete. Authorities are treating the incident as an Islamic extremist terror attack, with the German-born suspect having previously sought to join the militant Islamic State group. Ballout had a prior conviction in May for preparing a serious act of violence and publishing Islamic State propaganda, for which he received a suspended sentence. The attack, which occurred a few hundred metres from the Pride closing party, has prompted concerns about security at other major events in Germany. In fullBerlin Pride attack latest: Car ramming suspect ‘shot dead by police’, German media sayMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
