Authorities said he is believed to have injured several people after he drove a van into a crowd at a park near the #Pride festival’s closing party. He then allegedly attacked other people with a weapon, suspected to be a machete.
“Everything we see here points to us dealing with an #Islamic #terror attack,” Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said.
Dobrindt put the total number of injured at 29.
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Suspect in deadly #Berlin #Pride attack that left 1 person dead & 29 injured was shot & killed by police during a confrontation on Sunday in a suburb of the city, authorities said.
Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots, was killed following a search that lasted nearly 24 hours after the attack in downtown Berlin. Berlin prosecutors said the suspect had previously sought to join the militant Islamic State group.
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