BERLIN, July 26 (Reuters) - A known Islamist suspected of driving a minivan into a crowd near a major LGBTQ Pride gathering in Berlin was shot dead by law enforcement officers in the city’s Spandau district, police said on Sunday. Police say Abdul Ballout was shot and killed after he rushed at officers with a knife in a western borough of Berlin. A nationwide manhunt in Germany ends as details about the suspected attacker, Abdul B, who was born in Germany in 2005, begin to emerge.
The suspect in the deadly Berlin Pride attack that left one person dead and 29 injured was shot and 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 Islamic State.
The attack happened a few hundred metres from a party near the city’s... BERLIN, Germany (AFP)—The chief suspect in a deadly attack near Berlin's Pride parade has been shot dead, police said on Sunday evening. Officers located the suspect, previously named as 21-year-old Abdul Ballout, at around 6:00 pm (1600 GMT), Berlin police said in a statement on X.
He "ran towards them with a bladed weapon", prompting officers to open fire, killing him. Officials described Saturday night’s attack, which killed one person and injured 29 others, as an Islamist terrorist attack.
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