Berlin Pride attack suspect with ISIS ties raised red flags, group says

The suspect in the Berlin LGBTQ+ Pride parade attack, who officials said was known to have ties to ISIS, was about to be disqualified from a deradicalization program after staff saw red flags, one of the program's leaders told CBS News on Monday.Officials said Abdul Ballout, a 21-year-old German-born citizen with Lebanese roots, plowed a vehicle into celebrants at one of Europe's largest Pride events on Saturday night before apparently cutting others with a machete. One woman was killed, and at least 29 others were injured in the attack.Ballout was shot and killed in a Berlin suburb on Sunday in a confrontation with police, ending a 24-hour manhunt.He had recently been sent to a deradicalization program for screening, but the group said it was planning to tell authorities that his cooperation appeared "fake.""Why didn't authorities start this process very much earlier? He was known for being a radical for a long time," Cornelia Lotthammer, the organization's communications director, said in an interview with CBS News.German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday told reporters he wanted to know how the attack could have been prevented."We must do everything to protect people in German...