The suspect allegedly involved in the ramming attack at Berlin’s Gay Pride festival has been identified by police as a member of the city’s “Islamist scene”.
At least one person was killed and 17 others were injured on Saturday night, including three critically, after a white van mowed down a crowd of people at the event.
A manhunt remains underway for the driver of the vehicle which onlookers say crashed into a group of people at the event at around 10pm local time at high speed.
The driver allegedly attacked people with a knife after the collision, which occurred at Berlin’s Tiergarten park. The suspect later fled the scene on foot and remains at large.
“Based on the investigators’ initial findings, we have already identified a suspected perpetrator,” Florian Nath, a spokesman for Berlin police, said, adding that the force’s search for the suspect was “proceeding at full speed”.
“He is known to us as a member of Islamic circles here in Berlin ... we still have no information whatsoever regarding his specific motives, the exact sequence of events, or his role in the crime itself.”
A photograph of the vehicle involved in the collision showed what appeared to be a white van with a heavily damaged bonnet.
Eyewitnesses described seeing people lying on the ground with stab wounds in the aftermath of the attack.
Hundreds of thousands of people had gathered to celebrate the Christopher Street Day 2026 LGBT parade on Saturday.
There was no immediate confirmation from German authorities as to whether the incident was terror-related.
Are we done pretending yet? Are we done acting like you can just import millions of inbred jihadi savages and everything will be fine?
I'm sure the pro-Palis and the Queers for Palestine will have a fascinating rationalization for this. I'm sure it's US's fault or Israel's fault or both.
EDIT: Apparently, it's white men's fault.
Reminder that the point of Islamic terrorism is to make people afraid of violating Muslim tenets and rules.
