Berlin police shoot dead chief suspect in deadly Pride attack
Police secure an area in Spandau, a Berlin suburb, late July 26, 2026. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)
German police said July 26 they had shot and killed the chief suspect in a deadly attack near the Berlin Pride parade the previous night, the latest ramming assault to hit the country.
The attack late July 25 — the first such incident to target the German capital's LGBTQ community — killed one woman and wounded 29 others.
Berlin police said on X that they had traced the chief suspect, 21-year old Abdul Ballout, to an allotment complex in the western Spandau district at around 6:00 pm (1600 GMT) on July 26.
