Police forces and rescue units are on the scene, and the police stated that they were conducting a manhunt for the suspect. Berlin police said they were searching for possible suspects after a car drove into a crowd during Berlin's famed LGBTQ+ parade on Saturday. One person is feared dead and several others badly injured after a motorist drove a vehicle into a crowd of revellers.
"We believe that a vehicle entered the Tiergarten park and hit several people and injured them," police posted on social media. BERLIN (AP) — A van drove into a crowd during Berlin’s famed LGBTQ+ event on Saturday, killing one person and injuring at least 15, prompting police to call off the celebrations and a concert in the German capital hours after it had begun.Police said some of the victims had life-threatening injuries. Firefighters and ambulances were out with many emergency staffers at the scene to attend to the victims.In a post on X, police called on everyone to leave the site of the event immediately.According to police, a white van had driven into the Tiergarten park, which was just off the route that the pride march had passed along earlier, and hit several people before colliding with a tree.
Police could not say how many officers had been deployed to the scene but that it was “definitely a lot of police.” They said they were searching for suspects.“We are conducting an intensive search for possible suspects,” police officer Florian Nath said on a short video released on the Berlin police account on X.Hundreds of thousands of people had come to Berlin on Saturday to celebrate at Berlin’s pride parade, known in Germany as Christopher Street Day. It’s one of Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ celebrations.The pride event in front of the city's iconic Brandenburg Gate in the downtown, near Tiergarten, was called off around 10:15 p.m. and a band’s performance on stage was interrupted.
People were urged to go home and to avoid taking the route through the park.Before the incident, people had celebrated peacefully, marching through the city for hours, dancing to loud music, and cheering the around 80 floats that participated in the parade. The police said a hunt for suspects was underway after the episode at one of Europe’s biggest gay-themed festivals. Police said around 15 people were injured, some seriously, after a white van struck several people in central Berlin during Pride celebrations, known locally as Christopher Street Day (CSD).
Police in the German capital say they are searching for suspects following the 'mass casualty incident' BERLIN, Germany (AFP)—At least one person was killed and around 15 wounded after a car is believed to have hit the crowd on the outskirts of the Berlin Gay Pride parade, police said Saturday. Police spokesman Florian Nath said some of the survivors were "seriously" injured.
They were being treated by the emergency services. Police told AFP they had found the car they thought had been involved in the incident abandoned. The Gay Pride event was cut short and police told participants to "Go home, please".
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