A black ribbon is placed on a rainbow flag on July 26, 2026 in front of landmark Brandenburg Gate during to a so-called "community mourning" one day after the car ramming attack on people on the outskirts of Berlin's Christopher Street Day (CSD) parade on late July 25, 2026, killing one person and injuring 16 in the Tiergarten park. German police searched on July 26, 2026 for a suspect believed linked to Islamist circles after a car ploughed into a crowd 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. (Photo by RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP)
July 26, 2026
Chief suspect in Berlin Pride attack shot dead
BERLIN, Germany (AFP)—The chief suspect in a deadly attack near Berlin’s Pride parade has been shot dead, police said on Sunday evening.
Officers located the suspect, previously named as 21-year-old Abdul Ballout, at around 6:00 pm (1600 GMT), Berlin police said in a statement on X. He “ran towards them with a bladed weapon”, prompting officers to open fire, killing him.
