This undated handout image released by Polizei Berlin on July 26, 2026 shows a 21-year old suspect identified by police as Abdul B. in a public appeal for his arrest, after a car ploughed into a crowd near Berlin's Gay Pride celebrations killing one person and wounding 16 others. (Photo by Handout / POLIZEI BERLIN / AFP) Published On 26 Jul 202626 Jul 2026 German police have shot dead the suspect wanted for the car ramming attack on Berlin’s Pride march.
Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots, was killed as he attacked officers with a bladed weapon, police reported late on Sunday.
Officials have reported that all indications point to a “Islamic terror attack”.
Ballout was shot following a search that lasted nearly 24 hours.
He was the main suspect in the attack that took place on Saturday evening, in which a van drove into a crowd at the Berlin Pride LGBT event.
The confrontation occurred in the German capital’s Spandau district.
Police said that he died despite efforts to resuscitate him.
“Around 6 p.m. (1600 GMT), the suspect involved in yesterday’s attack in Tiergarten was located at an allotment garden complex in Spandau,” Berlin police wrote social media.
“According to initial findings, he ran towards officers while armed with a bladed weapon; police… subsequently opened fire.
Despite immediate resuscitation efforts by the Berlin Fire Department, he died at the scene.” More to come…
