A manhunt is underway for a 21-year-old suspect after a vehicle was driven into a crowd at Berlin’s Pride festival on Saturday night, killing a woman and injuring 16 others.Subscribe to read this story ad-freeGet unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Several people are also reported to have been stabbed during the attack, authorities said, which happened in Tiergarten park around 10 p.m.
local time, near the Brandenburg Gate landmark in the German capital.Three of the injured people have life-threatening injuries, Berlin’s fire department spokesman Dominik Pretz said Sunday morning, adding that eight are seriously injured and five have minor injuries.Police released a photo of a suspect, named as 21-year-old Abdul B., who they said is known to be a member of “Islamist circles” in Berlin.Police and prosecutors asked for help in finding a 21-year-old, whom they identified as Abdul B.Handout / Berlin Police“Our search for this person is proceeding at full speed,” police spokesperson Florian Nath said Sunday, adding that investigators had no information on “specific motives.”German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has condemned the incident in Berlin as “a heinous act.” “They wanted us to treat each other with kindness and tolerance.
This is an attack on our society,” he wrote on X, adding that the attack will be investigated with the “utmost severity.” German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said he was shocked by “this cowardly, abhorrent attack on people celebrating peacefully.”Saturday “should have been a day of joy, visibility and freedom,” Alfonso Pantisano, the Berlin state government’s Queer Liaison Officer, wrote on social media.European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen expressed her sympathy to the victims on Sunday, saying the Pride event stands for “freedom, dignity, and equality.”“Every person should be able to live, love, and stand up for their rights without fear,” she wrote on soc...