A suspect with alleged ties to Germany's "Islamist scene" is on the run after allegedly plowing a van into a crowd near Berlin's Pride festival and attacking others with a machete in what officials believe was an Islamic terror attack that left one person dead and at least 29 others injured.German authorities on Sunday launched an intensive manhunt for Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots whom officials say may be armed and dangerous."Everything we see here points to us dealing with an Islamic terror attack," German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said.AT LEAST 1 DEAD, SEVERAL INJURED AFTER VAN RAMS INTO CROWD AT PRIDE FESTIVAL; SUSPECT 'KNOWN TO POLICE'Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots, is wanted in connection to the van attack in Berlin, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said Sunday.(Berlin Police)The minister said the suspect had previously come to the attention of authorities for multiple crimes, as well as his "radicalization and belonging to the Islamist scene."Dobrindt said Ballout was born in Germany and that his mother became a naturalized German citizen in 2002, three years before he was born.
He said the suspect previously received a suspended prison sentence of one year and 10 months but did not disclose what he had been convicted of.Police officers stand near a vehicle crashed into a tree after driving into a crowd near Berlin's annual Pride event, in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, July 26, 2026.(AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)Police said a white van drove into a crowd in Berlin's Tiergarten park around 10 p.m.
on Saturday before crashing into a tree.Authorities say the suspect then attacked several people with a machete before fleeing.WITNESSES RECOUNT 'SCARY' NYC STABBING AFTER SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY YELLED 'ALLAHU AKBAR' DURING ATTACKSA woman was killed, while three people suffered life-threatening injuries and eight others were seriously hurt, according to Berlin's fire service.
Dobrindt said at least 29 people were injur...