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One person has died and at least 16 more have been injured after a car drove into a crowd during Berlin’s LGBTQ+ parade on Saturday evening.
Berlin fire brigade said that three of the victims were in life-threatening condition, while eight were in serious condition, per Sky News.
A suspect in the Berlin attack was identified in the early hours of Sunday morning as a member of the city’s “Islamist scene”, according to police.
The suspect has not yet been arrested, a spokesperson for Berlin police told reporters at the scene on Sunday morning, per Reuters.
“We have now identified a suspected perpetrator. Measures against this suspected perpetrator, who has not yet been arrested, are underway. However, this suspected perpetrator is known to the police as a member of the Islamist scene here in Berlin,” said the spokesperson.
According to police, a car had driven into the Tiergarten park, near the route of the pride march, hitting several people.
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.
Police identify suspect in the vehicle ramming incide
Berlin police said they have identified a suspect who has not been arrested.
Police said he has ties to “Islamic circles” in the German capital.
“The suspect is known to police. He is known to us as a member of Islamic circles here in Berlin, and our search for this person is proceeding at full speed,” said police spokesman Florian Nath. He did not identify the suspect by name.
Nath added that “we still have no information whatsoever regarding his specific motives, the exact sequence of events, or his role in the crime itself.”
Namita Singh26 July 2026 03:53
Germany has recent history of vehicles being used in attacks
Germany has a recent history of vehicles being used in attacks, Reuters reports.
In December 2024, several people were killed in a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in the eastern city of Magdeburg. The suspected perpetrator was a psychiatrist from Saudi Arabia with a history of anti-Islamic rhetoric who had lived in Germany for almost two decades, per Reuters.
In 2025, two people were killed in the western city of Mannheim when a 40-year-old man whom authorities described as psychologically unwell drove a car into a group of pedestrians. Weeks before that, an Afghan national suspected by prosecutors of having carried out a similar attack on a trade union demonstration in Munich, killing two and injuring more than 40, including children.
In May, a man believed to have mental health issues drove his car into a pedestrian zone in the eastern German city of Leipzig, killing two people and seriously injuring three.
Graeme Massie26 July 2026 03:28
Suspect not believed to be in Tiergarten area
Police say they searched the Tiergarten area with thermal imaging cameras looking for suspects.
“There are no people in the Tiergarten anymore,” police spokesman Florian Nath told reporters.
The Tiergarten park will remain closed overnight.
Graeme Massie26 July 2026 02:42
Latest scenes from Berlin attack
Armed police stand near the scene where one person was killed and around 16 injured after a car struck people on the outskirts of the Christopher Street Day (CSD) parade in Berlin, on July 25, 2026 (AFP/Getty)
Armed police stand near the scene where one person was killed and around 16 injured after a car struck people on the outskirts of the Christopher Street Day (CSD) parade in Berlin, on July 25, 2026 (AFP/Getty)
Graeme Massie26 July 2026 02:14
Suspect identified by police as ‘Islamist’
A suspect in the Berlin attack has been identified as a member of the city’s “Islamist scene”, according to police.
The suspect has not yet been arrested, a spokesperson for Berlin police told reporters at the scene on Sunday morning, per Reuters.
“We have now identified a suspected perpetrator. Measures against this suspected perpetrator, who has not yet been arrested, are underway. However, this suspected perpetrator is known to the police as a member of the Islamist scene here in Berlin,” said the spokesperson.
Graeme Massie26 July 2026 01:55
Victim in parade attack is female, report says
At least one person was killed and 16 others injured in the Berlin attack. The victim who has died is a woman, German newspaper Der Spiegel reported.
Graeme Massie26 July 2026 01:45
3 victims in life -threatening condition, 8 in serious condition
Berlin fire brigade says that three of the victims were in life-threatening condition, while eight were in serious condition, per Sky News.
Graeme Massie26 July 2026 01:32
Some of wounded had stab injuries according to witnesses, police say
Some of those injured in the attack had stab wounds, police say.
Berlin police spokesperson Florian Nath said eyewitnesses described seeing people lying on the ground with stab wounds after the attack.
“We need to verify via witnesses” Nath told reporters, per Sky News.
Graeme Massie26 July 2026 01:16
Berlin police urge witnesses to send them pictures and video
Graeme Massie26 July 2026 00:39
The latest images from Berlin
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Graeme Massie26 July 2026 00:21