A Berlin-based individual named Abdul Ballout was shot dead by police after allegedly rushing at officers with a knife amid a Pride event attack near Tiergarten. Current role details are not provided in the brief; updates note involvement in a fatal incident investigated as an extremist-related attack.
A 21-year-old German citizen of Lebanese descent, Abdul Ballout, has been killed by police after a weekend attack near Berlin’s Christopher Street Day Pride festival. The assailant drove a van into a crowd and then stabbed victims. One person died and 29 were injured. Germany’s interior minister calls it an Islamist terror attack; authorities are reviewing security at major events.
Defence Secretary has condemned a horrific Berlin attack in which one person was killed and at least 29 injured. Police have shot the suspect after a 24-hour manhunt. A week later, Brighton & Hove Pride faces heightened security as authorities deploy uniformed and armed teams to safeguard hundreds of thousands of attendees.
A white van has driven into crowds in Tiergarten park near the Brandenburg Gate during Berlin’s Christopher Street Day on Saturday night. Police have said one woman has died, multiple people have been injured and an intensive manhunt has been under way for a suspect believed to have Islamist links.