Berlin police shoot dead suspect in car-ramming attack at Pride event

Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots, accused of carrying out an ‘Islamic terror attack’.Published On 26 Jul 202626 Jul 2026German police have shot dead the suspect in a car-ramming attack on Berlin’s Pride march, ending a 24-hour manhunt.Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots, was killed on Sunday as he attacked officers with a bladed weapon, police said. Officials have asserted that all indications suggest he had carried out an “Islamic terror attack”.Ballout was the main suspect in the attack that took place on Saturday evening, in which a van drove into a crowd attending the Berlin Pride event in the centre of the German capital. The car ramming killed one person and injured 29.The shooting occurred in the German capital’s Spandau district. Police said Ballout died despite efforts to resuscitate him.“Around 6 p.m. (1600 GMT), the suspect involved in yesterday’s attack in Tiergarten was located at an allotment garden complex in Spandau,” Berlin police wrote on social media.“According to initial findings, he ran towards officers while armed with a bladed weapon; police … subsequently opened fire. Despite immediate resuscitation efforts by the Berlin Fi...