The killing of a woman in what officials called an act of Islamist terrorism rattled a community that has seen a surge in threats, including from the far right. German police said a 21-year-old man with a record of Islamist extremist activity was shot dead on Sunday, a day after he allegedly drove a minivan into people near Berlin's Pride celebrations, killing one person. The ramming attack happened in the Tiergarten park near the Brandenburg Gate at about 10 pm on Saturday, not far from one of Europe's biggest annual LGBTQ celebrations, Christopher Street Day.
The man was sentenced to prison for preparing a serious act of violence against the state but released from detention in May. A second suspect detained in connection with a deadly car-ramming attack on Berlin’s Pride celebrations over the weekend has been released, the German federal prosecutors’ office said on Monday. “We continue to investigate broadly,” the prosecutors’ office told Reuters and declined to comment further.
Spiegel on Monday cited sources as saying that authorities released the person because initial suspicion that he was a passenger in the vehicle at the time of the attack could not be... German conservatives are calling for a tougher course on suspected Islamists after the deadly Christopher Street Day attack in Berlin. The presumed attacker was released from detention this May.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz condemns the attack as "heinous" after a suspect drove a car into a crowd near the Tiergarten park. On Saturday, a vehicle drove into a crowd near a Christopher Street Day celebration in what is being regarded as an attack on the LGBTQ+ community. The main suspect has since been confronted and shot dead.
The attack at a Berlin Pride event is only the most recent incident on a long list where vehicles were used as weapons. The US, Canada, and China also saw similar attacks in recent years.
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